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* HilariousInHindsight: It was actually rumored for a while that the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act which targets organized crime was deliberately contrived to reference this film.

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It was actually rumored for a while that the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act which targets organized crime was deliberately contrived to reference this film.film.
** The pizza chain Little Caesars makes it even harder to take Rico and his nickname seriously.
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The film attempts to show that hard, honest work will lead to success whilst crime does not pay. It makes the gangster cooler, more interesting, and more important than his straight-laced best friend.

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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The film attempts to show that hard, honest work will lead to success whilst crime does not pay. It makes the gangster cooler, more interesting, and more important than his straight-laced strait-laced best friend.
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* AwardSnub: It received one Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, but Creator/EdwardGRobinson wasn't nominated for Best Actor.

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* AwardSnub: It received one Academy Award UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, but Creator/EdwardGRobinson wasn't nominated for Best Actor.
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* AwardSnub: Creator/EdwardGRobinson wasn't nominated for Best Actor.

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* AwardSnub: It received one Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, but Creator/EdwardGRobinson wasn't nominated for Best Actor.
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* HilariousInHindsight: It was actually rumored for a while that the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act which targets organized crime was deliberately contrived to reference this film.
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* AwardSnub: Creator/EdwardGRobinson wasn't nominated for Best Actor.



* SignatureLine: "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"

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* SignatureLine: "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"Rico?"
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The film attempts to show that hard, honest work will lead to success whilst crime does not pay. It makes the gangster cooler, more interesting, and more important than his straight-laced best friend.
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* HoYay: It's strongly implied that Rico is gay and is in love with Joe.

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* HoYay: It's strongly implied that Rico is gay and is in love with Joe. Also, Otero likes Rico a lot.

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* AdaptationDisplacement: There was a book?

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* AdaptationDisplacement: There was The film gets a book?permanent mention in all accounts of film history for practically creating the whole gangster genre. What every account leaves out is that it's based on a novel by W. R. Burnett.
* HoYay: It's strongly implied that Rico is gay and is in love with Joe.

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* MemeticMutation: All together now:
** "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"

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SignatureLine: "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"
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"Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"

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** "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"
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