Little Giant

1946 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 1,456 VOTES · DIR. William A. Seiter

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Overview

Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's a crackerjack salesman. This comedy is somewhat like "The Time of Their Lives," in that Abbott and Costello don't have much screen time together and there are very few vaudeville bits woven into the plot.

Comedy1940s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,228 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:35 Good morning. Just a minute, please.
00:04:53 I go out there and I'll face him...
00:08:00 No! Good. That's all I wanted to know.
00:11:30 Record Correspondence School
00:16:37 Thank you, sir. I've tried to do my best.
00:21:14 Now, um... And your shirt.
00:24:21 I'm Benny Miller from Cucamonga.
00:28:16 First, turn this knob. Now, just a minute.
00:32:01 Have you got a ticket? Yes, sir.
00:38:19 There's the board. Well, go ahead. I'm gonna prove it.
00:42:04 Ladies and gentlemen, not only did he fail to make a single sale
00:46:06 If a fellow can't "unlax" in Stockton, where else can he "unlax"?
00:49:38 Everybody's gotta concentrate or it isn't fair to Benny.
00:52:51 Benny, get your feet back on the ground, will you please?
00:56:21 If I hadn't have went in, you couldn't have showed me I was a mind reader.
00:59:18 Yes, sir. I'll tell him that he's won the annual prize.
01:02:30 We also have several surprises in store for you. No more like this one.
01:05:22 Oh boy.! What a big bunch ofbubbles.!
01:09:33 Angel, you're sweet.
01:14:20 Come on, Benny.
01:19:25 Wake him up so I can kill him when I come back.
01:23:22 And then the boys started ribbing Benny.
01:27:14 Mr. Perkins, I'm gonna walk!
10:00:00 you. Here's the bonus check.

Cast & Characters

Bud Abbott Eddie L. Morrison Bud Abbott T.S. Chandler Lou Costello Benny Miller Brenda Joyce Miss Ruby Burke Jacqueline deWit Hazel Temple Morrison George Cleveland Clarence Goodring Elena Verdugo Martha Hill Mary Gordon Ma Miller Pierre Watkin P.S. Van Loon Donald MacBride Pullman Conductor Victor Kilian Gus Anderson - Salesman

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,228
Dialogue density13.6 lines / min
First line00:01:35
Final line10:00:00

Production Record

DirectorWilliam A. Seiter
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,456