The Little Giant [DVD]

The era of the bootlegger is over, ya mugs, and don't let the door smack your backside on the way out. But liquor runner Bugs Ahearn has a plan for what hell do now that Prohibition has kicked the beer bucket. I'm going to mingle with the upper classes, he announces. His destination: Californias posh, polo-playing Santa Barbara. Class and atmosphere are what Bugs wants. Swindlers, gold diggers, great fun they're what we all get from this not-so-little pre-Code gem. Edward G. Robinson portrays Bugs, showing his comedy-acting chops on film for the first time and delightfully paving the way for A Slight Case of Murder, Brother Orchid, Larceny, Inc. And more persona-skewering frolics. Mingle and enjoy, ya mugs.