The Beast of the City

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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.
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Overview

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.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 3/23/2009
  • UPC: 883316125861
  • Original Release: 1932

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  • Source: Warner Archives
  • Presentation: Pan & Scan
  • Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
  • Language: English
  • Time: 1:25:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 42,013

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Walter Huston Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick
Jean Harlow Daisy Stevens
Wallace Ford Ed Fitzpatrick
Jean Hersholt Sam Belmonte
Dorothy Peterson Mary Fitzpatrick
Tully Marshall Michaels, Defence Attorney
John Miljan District Attorney
Emmett Corrigan Police Chief
Sandy Roth Mac
J. Carrol Naish Pietro Cholo
Edward S. Brophy Police Announcer
George Chandler Reporter
Chuck Hamilton Policeman
Julie Haydon Blonde
Robert E. Homans Desk Sergeant
Arthur Hoyt Witness
Nat Pendleton Abe Gorman
Warner P. Richmond Tom
Mickey Rooney Mickey Fitzpatrick
Charles Sullivan Policeman
Morgan Wallace Police Captain
Clarence H. Wilson Coroner
Technical Credits
Charles J. Brabin Director
Anne Bauchens Editor
Norbert F. Brodin Cinematographer
Ralph Dawson Editor
Cedric Gibbons Art Director
John Lee Mahin Screenwriter
Barney "Chick" McGill Cinematographer
Hunt Stromberg Producer
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