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The Little Giant
“"Little Caesar" Swaps Dames for Debs...Beer Trucks for Tea Cups!”
6.9 / 10• 1933• 1h 16m•NR• English
CrimeComedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Edward G. Robinson
James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roy Del Ruth's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Little Giant is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
