Such awesome hollywood royalty in this one... Edward Robinson is the gangster Krozac, in 1927. Ja-ja-ja Jimmy Stewart, and Lionel Stander (Max ! the butler from Hart to Hart!) Sydney Blackmer. and Grant Mitchell as the Warden. and...of course, goofy, corny Ed Brophy. Krozac goes off to jail for tax evasion, if nothing else, but leaves behind a pregnant wife. Stander is his sidekick Curly. and Alcatraz as it looked in 1937. that's where they end up. Krozac finds out pretty quickly that his name means nothing in the joint, and he's just one of the guys. Stewart is the newspaper reporter who starts out by writing all the bad that Krozac did, but now he feels remorse. and starts wooing the Mrs. Krozac... stand back! here we go! Krozac's son (Doug Scott) is a bit over the top, but was just a kid, so can be forgiven. Directed by Ed Ludwig. didn't win any oscars, but directed John Wayne in three films. Pretty good. a product of the troubled 1930s.
Review of The Last Gangster
