The Little Giant
“"Little Caesar" Swaps Dames for Debs...Beer Trucks for Tea Cups!”
1933•NR•1h 16m•7.0•Released
CrimeComedy
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.
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Writer
Robert Lord, Wilson Mizner
Languages
English
Studio
First National Pictures
Cast
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)
Jayne Shadduck
Society Girl (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Butch
Sidney Bracey
Butler
Production
Company
First National Pictures
Company
The Vitaphone Corporation
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