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The Little Giant

The Little Giant

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.

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The Little Giant

Overview
Cast
Crew
Recommendations

Status

Released

Release Date

May 20, 1933

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Crime, Comedy

User Score

68%

Original Title

The Little Giant

Production Companies

First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation

Director

Roy Del Ruth

Status

Released

Release Date

May 20, 1933

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Crime
Comedy

User Score

68%

Original Title

The Little Giant

Production Companies

First National Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation

Director

Roy Del Ruth

Keywords

prohibition era

class differences

real estate agent

Description

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.