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63% Critic Match
Little Man, What Now?
“Any man who has ever lost his job, or any young wife who has bravely tried to comfort him will thrill to the tenderness, the courage, the gay humor of this idyl of young love which all the brutal cruelty of those bitter times could not destroy!”
6.3 / 10• 1934• 1h 38m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
Cast & Crew
Margaret Sullavan
Lammchen
Lead
Douglass Montgomery
Hans Pinneberg
Alan Hale
Holgar Jachman
Catherine Doucet
Mia Pinneberg (as Catharine Doucet)
DeWitt Jennings
Emil Kleninholz
G.P. Huntley
Herr Heilbutt (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
Muriel Kirkland
Marie Kleinholz
Fred Kohler
Karl Goebbler
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frank Borzage's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Little Man, What Now? is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
