The Little Giant

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

193376 min7.0 / 10

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Little Giant sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is The Little Giant easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is The Little Giant scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does The Little Giant end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Little Giant violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

61/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity29

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise95

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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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.

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