Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.
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Title: The Beast of the City (1932)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Walter Huston | ... | Jim Fitzpatrick | |
| Jean Harlow | ... | Daisy Stevens | |
| Wallace Ford | ... | Ed Fitzpatrick | |
| Jean Hersholt | ... | Sam Belmonte | |
| Dorothy Peterson | ... | Mary Fitzpatrick | |
| Tully Marshall | ... | Michaels | |
| John Miljan | ... | District Attorney | |
| Emmett Corrigan | ... | Chief of Police Burton | |
| Warner Richmond | ... | Tom | |
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Sandy Roth | ... | Mac |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Pietro Cholo | |
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Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is fighting gangster Sam Belmonte. He asks his dishonest brother Ed to keep an eye on Daisy who was connected with Belmonte. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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police department | police dispatcher | reference to florenz ziegfeld | police officer | squad car |Taglines:
Human lives are offered up daily to the Beast of the City Jungle, so that scented, silken-clad women can enjoy the forbidden thrills of a modern Babylon! See this heart-wrenching drama! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 February 1932 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
City Sentinels See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAEdit
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$230,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Desk Sergeant: What are you kickin' about? They don't seem to mind.
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(1853) (uncredited)
Written by Stephen Foster
Sung a cappella by Wallace Ford
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Trivia
This film's initial telecast in Los Angeles took place Thursday 19 September 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), followed by Philadelphia Thursday 31 October 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), and by San Francisco 17 March 1958 on KGO (Channel 7); there is no reliable documentation that it was ever aired in New York City at this time, possibly because of sponsors resistance to the many pre-code aspects of its story. See more »Goofs
During the bank heist, the number and position of the filing cabinets on the back of the truck changes between several shots. See more »Quotes
Lt. John 'Mac' McCowsky: [Watching the sergeant's solitaire game] Hey, you're cheatin'! You've got a black queen on a black king!Desk Sergeant: What are you kickin' about? They don't seem to mind.
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Crazy Credits
Opening card: Instead of the glorification of cowardly gangsters, we need the glorification of policemen who do their duty and give their lives in public protection. If the police had the vigilant universal backing of the public opinion in their communities, if they had the implacable support of the prosecuting authorities and the courts, I am convinced that our police would stamp out the excessive crime, which had disgraced some of our great cities. ---- President Herbert Hoover See more »Soundtracks
Old Black Joe(1853) (uncredited)
Written by Stephen Foster
Sung a cappella by Wallace Ford
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This is an exciting Pre-Code cop film from MGM. When I say "Pre-Code", I am indicating that it was made just before the adoption of the Hollywood Production Code that was intended to clean up movies and eliminate sex, violence and other adult-only content in films. Because of this, the film is much more violent than films made in the mid-30s and later. It also features a lot of seamy dialog and content. A few examples of these taboos that were in some Pre-Code films would include:
Police radio reports of "a nude woman on the corner of Elm and Berry" and an "indecent exposure".
Memorable lines such as "the back of his head was blown out" and referring to the coroner's vehicle as "the meat wagon".
These sleazy elements actually helped make the movie more exciting and seem more like a real police story. And it was exciting throughout until a very, very disappointing and silly ending. Yes, this ending WAS violent and satisfying on a baser level, but it just made no sense at all. This helped to make this movie a good time-passer with some sleazy elements, but not much more. Exciting but not all that satisfying.
In addition to all the excitement, look for a very young and pretty adorable Mickey Rooney as Walter Huston's son.