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13 February 1932 (USA)
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Beware the hunters who stalk their prey through city jungles! more
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Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is fighting gangster Sam Belmonte. He asks his dishonest brother Ed to...
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fun little movie
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| 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 | |
| Tully Marshall | ... | Defense Attorney Michaels | |
| John Miljan | ... | District Attorney | |
| Emmett Corrigan | ... | Police Chief 'Burt' Burton | |
| Warner Richmond | ... | Police Lt. Tom | |
| Sandy Roth | ... | Lt. John 'Mac' McCowsky | |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Pietro Cholo |
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City Sentinels (USA) (working title)
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86 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Fifty-two minutes into the film Daisy (Jean Harlow) has a party at her place. On a small table against the back wall is a photo of Clark Gable, her co-star in Red Dust (1932) the same year.
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Det. Ed Fitzpatrick:
Mind if I ask you some questions?
Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: Sure, if you don't ask them in Yiddish.
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Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: Sure, if you don't ask them in Yiddish.
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Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV)
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Old Black Joe
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This is a classic example of those pre-Hays Code movies of the 30s, gritty and violent steeped in a general sort of sleazy atmosphere. Harlow is terrific, especially in her first scene with Wallace Ford; sexy, funny, tough. The movie is fast-paced and has a certain style and an engaging toughness.
Entertaining most of the way through, it begins to run out of energy towards the end, and also out of intelligence. While the other comments here laud the stylish, incredibly violent ending, it's really dumb, contrived and completely unconvincing. For some reason people here are so taken with its visceral effect that they ignore its utter ridiculousness. But overall this movie holds up very well for something from the 30s, and is well worth watching.