# Big Boy — Little Caesar character guide

> Big Boy in Little Caesar by W. R. Burnett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Boy, The Big Boy, the Big Boy

**First appearance:** 0002-little-caesar

## Who they are

Overweight gangster known for his brute strength.

## Relationships

### [Rico](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_caesar_se/characters/rico)

_rivalry_

Big Boy is a powerful crime boss who competes with Rico for control of the city's rackets.

### [Sam Vettori](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_caesar_se/characters/sam_vettori)

_rivalry_

Big Boy and Sam Vettori are rival crime bosses vying for control of the city's illegal enterprises.

### [Rico](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_caesar_se/characters/rico)

_rivalry_

Big Boy is a powerful crime boss who competes with Rico for control of the city's rackets.

### [Rico](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_caesar_se/characters/rico)

_rivalry_

Big Boy is a powerful crime boss who competes with Rico for control of the city's rackets.

### [Sam Vettori](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_caesar_se/characters/sam_vettori)

_rivalry_

Big Boy and Sam Vettori are rival crime bosses vying for control of the city's illegal enterprises.

### [Sam Vettori](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_caesar_se/characters/sam_vettori)

_rivalry_

Big Boy and Sam Vettori are rival crime bosses vying for control of the city's illegal enterprises.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_caesar_se/chapters/part-iii-iii)

Refuses to help Vettori due to the heat from the Courtney murder, advises laying low, and shares a humorous anecdote about Steve Gollancz.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_caesar_se/chapters/part-iv-ii)

Attends the banquet, reassures Sam Vettori that the Courtney murder will blow over, and takes Rico aside for private conversation about business and Joe Massara.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_caesar_se/chapters/part-iv-iii)

Asks Rico to make a speech, warns him about the newspaper photo, and steps out of the picture.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_caesar_se/chapters/part-vi-i)

The Big Boy hosts Rico, showing off his expensive apartment and revealing plans to sideline Pete Montana and promote Rico.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_caesar_se/chapters/part-vii-iii)

Rico thinks about the Big Boy and imagines himself in the Big Boy's apartment.

## Links

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