The Little Giant

The Little Giant

★ 7.0IMDb Score
Released:1933-05-20
Duration:76 min
Director:Roy Del Ruth
Actors:Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Russell Hopton, Kenneth Thomson
Production:First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation

Overview:

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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