Dewey Robinson Movies
Barrel-chested American actor Dewey Robinson was much in demand during the gangster cycle of the early '30s. Few actors could convey muscular menace and mental vacuity as quickly and as well as the mountainous Mr. Robinson. Most of his roles were bits, but he was given extended screen time as a polo-playing mobster in Edward G. Robinson's Little Giant (1933), as a bored slavemaster in the outrageously erotic "No More Love" number in Eddie Cantor's Roman Scandals (1933) and as a plug-ugly ward heeler at odds with beauty contest judge Ben Turpin in the slapstick 2-reeler Keystone Hotel (1935). Shortly before his death in 1950, Dewey Robinson had a lengthy unbilled role as a Brooklyn baseball fan in The Jackie Robinson Story, slowly metamorphosing from a brainless bigot to Jackie's most demonstrative supporter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide- 1931
This shoddy "B"-picture represents one of the few talkie appearances by former Broadway matinee idol Lou Tellegen. Mary Nolan heads the cast as lady cop Florence Vinton, who goes undercover to get the goods on rival gangsters Eddie Swan (Tellegen) and Larry Marsh (Johnny Walker). Just at the point in which Florence looks like she's going to be rubbed out, Swan and Marsh shoot each other down, solving several script problems all at once. Surviving the carnage, Marsh is turned over to the authorities, even though Florence has by this time fallen in love with him. One of the few gangster pictures of the era to feature a female protagonist, Enemies of the Law was also one of the few of its kind to be produced in New York. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mary Nolan, Johnny Walker, (more)
