"A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?"
Edward G. Robinson
as Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Joe Massara
Glenda Farrell
as Olga Stassoff
William Collier Jr.
as Tony Passa
Sidney Blackmer
as Big Boy
Ralph Ince
as Pete Montana
Thomas E. Jackson
as Sergeant Flaherty
Stanley Fields
as Sam Vettori
Maurice Black
as Little Arnie Lorch
George E. Stone
as Otero
Armand Kaliz
as De Voss
Nicholas Bela
as Ritz Colonna
Ernie Adams
as Cashier (uncredited)
Elmer Ballard
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Ferike Boros
as Mrs. Passa (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
as Detective (uncredited)
George Daly
as Machine-Gunner (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
as New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Kid Bean (uncredited)
Al Hill
as Rico's 'Butler' (uncredited)
Lucille La Verne
as Ma Magdalena (uncredited)
Gladys Lloyd
as McClure Guest (uncredited)
Noel Madison
as Killer Peppi (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
as Detective on Phone (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
as Hood (uncredited)
Henry Sedley
as Scabby (uncredited)
Gay Sheridan
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Landers Stevens
as Alvin McClure - Crime Commissioner (uncredited)
Mike Tellegen
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
Bob Walker
as Lorch Henchman (uncredited)
Ray Curtiss
Editor
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
Francis Edward Faragoh
Screenplay
Dialogue
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
W.R. Burnett
Novel
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Earl Luick
Costume Design
Hal B. Wallis
David Mendoza
Music
Robert N. Lee
Erno Rapee
