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“Little Caesar” (novel) by W. R. Burnett. While the IMDb states that the character Cesare Enrico Bandello is based on Chicago mobster Salvatore "Sam" Cardinella, another source states it was Chicago mobster Salvatore Maranzano who did have the nickname “Little Caesar”. However the director, Mervyn LeRoy, did style Enrico visually to appear like Al Capone. BTW, the original person to be called “Little Caesar”, in a different context of course, was the last Pharaoh of Egypt, Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar.