The Beast of the City (1932)
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71% of users liked it
(103 ratings)
A reluctantly appointed police chief in a crime-riddled city takes his job seriously and works hard to clean the streets of gangsters and to shape up his own corrupt department in this brutal, gritty film noir. Jean Harlow plays a luminescent but ill-fated gun moll. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Charles Brabin
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 13, 1932 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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Scott Nash, Three Movie Buffs
Harlow plays the quintessential gangster's moll.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Walter Huston and Jean Harlow make the screen sizzle.
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Cast
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Walter Huston
as Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick
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Jean Harlow
as Daisy Stevens
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Wallace Ford
as Ed Fitzpatrick
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Jean Hersholt
as Sam Belmonte
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Dorothy Peterson
as Mary Fitzpatrick
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Tully Marshall
as Michaels Defence Attorney
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John Miljan
as District Attorney
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Emmett Corrigan
as Police Chief
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Sandy Roth
as Mac
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J. Carrol Naish
as Pietro Cholo
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Edward S. Brophy
as Police Announcer
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George Chandler
as Reporter
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Chuck Hamilton
as Policeman
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Julie Haydon
as Blonde
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Robert E. Homans
as Desk Sergeant
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Arthur Hoyt
as Witness
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Nat Pendleton
as Abe Gorman
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Warner P. Richmond
as Tom
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Charles Sullivan
as Policeman
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Morgan Wallace
as Police Captain
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Clarence H. Wilson
as Coroner
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Mickey Rooney
as Mickey Fitzpatrick
