The Little Giant
"Little Caesar" Swaps Dames for Debs...Beer Trucks for Tea Cups!
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Produced by First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
A pre-Code comedy romp about a bootlegger infiltrating high society, balancing satire on class differences with romantic entanglement and light criminal scheming.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Like The Little Giant
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The Little Giant
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The Little Giant, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The Little Giant, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The Little Giant, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
