The Little Giant (1933)
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70% of users liked it
(142 ratings)
The end of prohibition spells the end of business as usual for Chicago gangster Bugs Ahearn (Edward G. Robinson in this delightful spoof of mob melodramas from Warner Bros. Paying off their latest moll, Edith (Shirley Grey, Bugs and chief lieutenant Al Daniels (Russell Hopton) grab their ill-gotten… More The end of prohibition spells the end of business as usual for Chicago gangster Bugs Ahearn (Edward G. Robinson in this delightful spoof of mob melodramas from Warner Bros. Paying off their latest moll, Edith (Shirley Grey, Bugs and chief lieutenant Al Daniels (Russell Hopton) grab their ill-gotten gains and go west, hoping to crash polo playing Santa Barbara society. Bugs acquires a rental mansion and a high class girlfriend, Polly Cass (Helen Vinson), but the estate actually belongs to kind but down-on-her-luck socialite Ruth Wayburn (Mary Astor) -- whom the former mobster retains as his social secretary -- while Polly and her relatives prove to be bigger crooks than he ever was. The Little Giant was reportedly filmed in 18 days on a budget of $197,000. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Directed By
- Roy Del Ruth
- Genres
- Drama, Classics, Cult Movies
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 20, 1933 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Fast, funny and a little shocking in its pre-code drug references and gay jokes.
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Cast
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Edward G. Robinson
as James Francis "Bugs" Aheam
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Mary Astor
as Ruth Wayburn
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Helen Vinson
as Polly Cass
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Ken Thomson
as John Stanley
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Shirley Grey
as Edith Merriam
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Russell Hopton
as Al Daniels
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Berton Churchill
as Donald Hadley Cass
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Donald Dillaway
as Gordon Cass
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Louise Mackintosh
as Mrs. Cass
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Helen Mann
as Frankie
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Bonnie Bannon
as Society girl
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Joan Barclay
as Society girl
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Sidney Bracey
as Butler
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Leonard Carey
as Ingelby
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Nora Cecil
as Maid
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Charles Coleman
as Charteris
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Lester Dorr
as Investment Clerk
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William "Wild Bill" Elliott
as Guest
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Anne Hovey
as Society girl
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Selmar Jackson
as Radio Announcer
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Alice Jans
as Society girl
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Lorena Layson
as Society girl
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John Marston
as Prosecutor
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Adrian Morris
as Joe Milano's Hoods
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Bob Perry
as Joe Milano's hoods
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Lorin Raker
as Investment Clerk
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Dewey Robinson
as Butch Zanwutoski
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Barbara Rogers
as Society girl
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Rolfe Sedan
as Waiter
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Harry Tenbrook
as Pulido
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Guy Usher
as Detective
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Renee Whitney
as Society girl
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Pat Wing
as Society Girl
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Toby Wing
as Society girl
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John Kelly
as Ed (Tim)
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Loretta Andrews
as Society girl
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Lynn Browning
as Society girl
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Maxine Cantway
as Society girl
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Margaret La Marr
as Society girl
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Jayne Shadduck
as Society girl
