The Little Giant (1933)
"Little Caesar" Swaps Dames for Debs...Beer Trucks for Tea Cups!
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.
- Date of release
- 1933-05-20
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (22)
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Director
- Roy Del Ruth
Casting
- Edward G. Robinson — James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn
- Mary Astor — Ruth Wayburn
- Helen Vinson — Polly Cass
- Russell Hopton — Albert J. 'Al' Daniels
- Kenneth Thomson — John Stanley
- Shirley Grey — Edith Merriam
- Berton Churchill — Donald Hadley Cass
- Don Dillaway — Gordon Cass
- Louise Mackintosh — Mrs. Donald Hadley Cass
- Lester Dorr — Investment Clerk (uncredited)
- Bill Elliott — Guest at Polly's Party (uncredited)
- Selmer Jackson — Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Little Giant is a 1933 American pre-Code crime comedy romance. It follows the attempts of an ex-gangster to make his way into high society.
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