The Little Giant
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1933-05-20
Runtime: 76 mins
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Spoken language: English
Genres: Crime, Comedy
Original title: The Little Giant
Production Companies: First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Mary Astor
Helen Vinson
Russell Hopton
Kenneth Thomson
Shirley Grey
Berton Churchill
Don Dillaway
Louise Mackintosh
Lester Dorr
Bill Elliott
Selmer Jackson
Jayne Shadduck
Dewey Robinson
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