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The Beast of the City is a american film of genre Drama directed by Charles Brabin released in USA on 13 february 1932 with Walter Huston
The Beast of the City (1932)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 february 1932
Length 1h26
Directed by Charles Brabin
OriginUSA
Themes Gangster films
Rating66%
The Beast of the City is a 1932 American Pre-Code gangster film featuring cops as vigilantes and known for its singularly vicious ending. Written by W.R. Burnett, Ben Hecht (uncredited), and John Lee Mahin, and directed by Charles Brabin, the film stars Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford Jean Hersholt, and Tully Marshall.
Synopsis
Police Captain Jim Fitzpatrick (Walter Huston) is a dedicated family man and crime fighter not averse to using violence to fight violence. Although he's been demoted for political reasons, public outcry forces the mayor to take more aggressive action against sleazy gang boss Sam Belmonte (Jean Hersholt), and Fitzpatrick is promoted to police chief. His younger brother, Police Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (Wallace Ford), allows himself to be seduced by a languorously sexy Belmonte gang moll (Jean Harlow) and needs money to continue the relationship. Frustrated when his principled brother will not promote him, he betrays Jim's trust by conspiring with Belmonte's henchmen in a truck hijacking that results in the deaths of a child and another police officer. After a crooked lawyer is able to get those guilty off on all charges, the relentlessly determined Chief turns to vigilantism to rid the city of its "Beasts.Actors
Walter Huston
(Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick)
Jean Harlow
(Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont)
Wallace Ford
(Det. Ed Fitzpatrick)
Jean Hersholt
(Samuel 'Sam' Belmonte)
Dorothy Peterson
(Mary Fitzpatrick)
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