Little Giant

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Little Giant ★★½ 1946

The duo fly separately in this entry, which highlights Costello's comic talents and leaves Abbott in the supporting role. Costello is a country bumpkin come to the big city to get enough money to marry his sweetheart. He's hired to sell vacuum cleaners by Abbott and becomes the butt of everyone's jokes but the joke's on them when Lou becomes the company's topselling salesman. 92m/B VHS, DVD . Bud Abbott, Lou Costel lo, Brenda Joyce, Jacqueline DeWit, George Cleveland, Elena Verdugo, Mary Gordon, Pierre Watkin; D: William A. Seiter; W: Walter DeLeon.

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