The Little Giant
"Little Caesar" Swaps Dames for Debs...Beer Trucks for Tea Cups!
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.
- Genre: Crime, Comedy
- Studio: First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
- Keyword: bootlegger, prohibition era, gangster, bootlegging, mansion, class differences, millionaire, socialite, pre-code, real estate agent, swindle, business deal
- Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Russell Hopton, Kenneth Thomson, Shirley Grey