The Little Giant

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... (read more) 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

Cast:

• Edward G. Robinson
• Mary Astor
• Helen Vinson
• Ken Thomson
• Shirley Grey
• Russell Hopton
• Berton Churchill
• Donald Dillaway
• Louise Mackintosh
• Helen Mann
• Bonnie Bannon
• Joan Barclay
• Sidney Bracey
• William "Wild Bill" Elliott
• Selmar Jackson
• Guy Usher

Director(s):

Roy Del Ruth

Writer(s):

Robert Lord, Wilson Mizner

Producer(s):

Raymond Griffith