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Little Giant
Little Giant

Little Giant

They're Selling Vacuum Cleaners!

Genres

Comedy

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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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

5.3/10

Release Date

22 February 1946

Country

United States of America

Cast

Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott

Eddie L. Morrison / T.S. Chandler

Lou Costello

Lou Costello

Benny Miller

Jacqueline deWit

Jacqueline deWit

Hazel Temple Morrison

Brenda Joyce

Brenda Joyce

Miss Ruby Burke

George Cleveland

George Cleveland

Clarence Goodring

Elena Verdugo

Elena Verdugo

Martha Hill

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

Ma Miller

Pierre Watkin

Pierre Watkin

P.S. Van Loon

Donald MacBride

Donald MacBride

The conductor

Victor Kilian

Victor Kilian

Gus Anderson (salesman)

George Chandler

George Chandler

O'Brien (salesman)

Joe Kirk

Joe Kirk

Salesman

Harry Brown

Harry Brown

Larry, Salesman

Beatrice Gray

Beatrice Gray

Miss King

Sid Fields

Sid Fields

Air-pump customer

Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont

Mrs. Hendrickson

Milt Bronson

Milt Bronson

Salesman (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Lane Chandler

Lost Motorist (uncredited)

Dorothy Christy

Dorothy Christy

Jim's wife (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Tom Coleman

Man in Stockton Office (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

Hotel Valet (uncredited)

Pat Costello

Pat Costello

Customer (uncredited)

William 'Red' Donahue

William 'Red' Donahue

Mr. Perkins (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Ralph Dunn

Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)

Mary Field

Mary Field

Secretary (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Policeman (uncredited)

George Holmes

George Holmes

Hercules - Male Model (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

Salesman (uncredited)

Florence Lake

Florence Lake

Housewife (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Ethelreda Leopold

Information Receptionist (uncredited)

Anne O'Neal

Anne O'Neal

Benny's First Customer (uncredited)

Ralph Peters

Ralph Peters

Jim (uncredited)

Bert Roach

Bert Roach

Joe (bartender) (uncredited)

Milburn Stone

Milburn Stone

Prof. Watkins (uncredited) (voice)

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