High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Little Caesar is a 1931 Warner Bros. crime film made during the Pre-Code era, which tells the story of a man who works his way up the ranks of the mob until he reaches its upper heights. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and stars Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Glenda Farrell. The movie was adapted by Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert N. Lee, Robert Lord and Darryl F. Zanuck (uncredited) from the novel by William R. Burnett. Little Caesar was Robinson's breakout movie; it catapulted him to stardom.