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The Little Giant
1933 6.8 (18 votes) 1h 16m
Genres
Crime Comedy
Production Companies
First National Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation

The Little Giant

"Little Caesar" Swaps Dames for Debs...Beer Trucks for Tea Cups!

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Screenplay: Robert Lord, Wilson Mizner

Director: Roy Del Ruth

Director of Photography: Sidney Hickox

Top Cast

Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson

James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn

Mary Astor
Mary Astor

Ruth Wayburn

Helen Vinson
Helen Vinson

Polly Cass

Russell Hopton
Russell Hopton

Albert J. 'Al' Daniels

Kenneth Thomson
Kenneth Thomson

John Stanley

Shirley Grey
Shirley Grey

Edith Merriam

Berton Churchill
Berton Churchill

Donald Hadley Cass

Don Dillaway
Don Dillaway

Gordon Cass

Videos

Little Giant, The (1933)

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