. . . "THE LAST GANGSTER," or are we missing the bigger picture from 1937, when Mr. Krozac's tragic story first hit the screens? You see, Mr. Krozac (played by Edward G. Robinson) was saddled with his Jean Valjean-like martyrdom by a Real Life extortion ring headquartered in Rome, Italy. This well-heeled Mob was infamous for hindering all Scientific Progress for one millennium after another, fearing that such Rational Ideas would put the Kibosh on its extremely profitable Protection Racket. For instance, Charles Darwin's Law about the Survival of the Fittest insures that a guy such as Joe Krozac would make short work of a milquetoast such as "Paul North" (James Stewart). Yet, the rodent-like Actual thugs took a break from their busy job of transporting Jews to Hitler to stipulate that the Apex Predator Joe succumb to the sniveling weasels such as Paul by the close of THE LAST GANGSTER. Meanwhile, craven joker Paul obviously is stuffing the stolen Joe, Jr., full of Ho-Ho's and Ding Dongs as he gets away with his child abuse and brainwashing scheme. So who's really "THE LAST GANGSTER" here?
Review of The Last Gangster
