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6 June 1950 (USA)
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The Love Story of a Mug!
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In 1928, Big Ed Hanley (Paul Douglas), boss of a gang of Chicago racketeers, has money and power, but he is bored...
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(Credited cast)| Paul Douglas | ... | E.L. 'Big Ed' Hanley | |
| Jean Peters | ... | Ruth Manning | |
| Cesar Romero | ... | Pretty Willie Wetzchahofsky | |
| Keenan Wynn | ... | Bugsy Welch | |
| Joan Davis | ... | Mamie Sage | |
| Arthur Treacher | ... | Quentin, Hanley's Butler | |
| Peter Price | ... | Harry the Kid Jr. | |
| Jay C. Flippen | ... | Biff Sage | |
| Barry Kelley | ... | Detective Charlie | |
| Leon Belasco | ... | François Ducray aka Frenchy | |
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| Dorothy Neumann | ... | Undetermined Role (scenes deleted) | |
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86 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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A remake of Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) in which 'Cesar Romero' had the lead role, while Sheldon Leonard played the character that Romero plays here.
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Remake of Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)
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LOVE THAT BRUTE is a comedy tailor-made for the unique talents of PAUL DOUGLAS as a soft-hearted gangster with designs on a pretty governess (JEAN PETERS) who's willing to take on the job of supervising his rebellious son (PETER PRICE), actually a relative Douglas gets to pose as his son so that he'll have an excuse to hire Peters. Price gets the most laughs with his tough guy lines, sounding an awful lot like "Lampwick" to Pinnochio.
For added amusement, JOAN DAVIS, ARTHUR TREACHER and CESAR ROMERO have some snappy bits of business--although the script never gives any of them the chance to really do their stuff.
There's some nice chemistry between Douglas and Peters, but they don't make a believable romantic pair and this has its drawbacks since the whole story concerns Douglas and his obsession for the pretty governess with show biz ambitions. He uses his influence to get her a job as a singer in a nightclub he owns--and the resultant musical number, while not exactly perfect, shows that Peters had more sides to her personality than the role really suggests. Good choreography makes the sequence amusing and pleasant enough to watch.
Biggest scene stealer is Price, with some sharp grown-up observations to go along with his tough guy facade. Story develops at a fast pace and leads to a good payoff for crime boss Romero revealed to be the brute responsible for a number of gangland deaths.
Summing up: Good mixture of comedy and gangster crime circa 1920s Chicago.