"Little Caesar" Swaps Dames for Debs...Beer Trucks for Tea Cups!
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.
bootlegger
prohibition era
gangster
bootlegging
mansion
class differences
millionaire
socialite
pre-code
real estate agent
swindle
business deal