The Little Giant

The repeal of Prohibition offers Chicago bootleg beer baron Bugs Ahearn (Edward G. Robinson) a chance to leave his illegal past behind him and retire west to a life of leisure among Santa Barbara’s social elite. The class-conscious Bugs soon learns that life amongst the ostensibly legit upper crust can be just as rife with greed and deception as his old existence in this snappy pre-Code crime comedy. Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Berton Churchill, Russell Hopton also star. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French