The Little Giant
"Little Caesar" Swaps Dames for Debs...Beer Trucks for Tea Cups!
1933 | 76m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Roy Del Ruth |
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| Writer: | Robert Lord, Wilson Mizner |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 20, 1933 |
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| Director: | Roy Del Ruth |
| Writer: | Robert Lord, Wilson Mizner |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime |
| Keywords | prohibition era, gangster, bootlegger, bootlegging, mansion, class differences, millionaire, socialite, pre-code, real estate agent, swindle, business deal |
| Production Companies | First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Charles Coleman | Tailor |
| Toby Wing | Society Girl (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Roy Del Ruth | Director |
| Robert Lord | Screenplay |
| Wilson Mizner | Screenplay |
| Sidney Hickox | Director of Photography |
| Ray Curtiss | Editor |
| George Marks | Editor |
| Robert M. Haas | Art Direction |
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