Summary
The Beast of the City is an American crime film first released in 1932,
directed by Charles Brabin.
The film stars Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford and Jean Hersholt.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Charles Brabin
- Script: W.R. Burnett, Ben Hecht, John Lee Mahin
- Photo: Norbert Brodine
- 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), Elmer Ballard (Mayor), Edward Brophy (Police dispatcher), Ed Cassidy (Policeman #5 on telephone), Allan Cavan (Pat (Car 47 driver)), Eddy Chandler (Joel (policeman outside Car 47)), George Chandler (Reporter), Edward Coppo (Fingerprint expert), Betty Mae Crane (Helen, Fitzpatrick twin), Beverly Crane (Madison, Fitzpatrick twin), Edgar Dearing (Policeman in Car 91), Mike Donlin (Reporter going to phone his stuff), Dorothy Granger (Drunken Girl Singing at Party), Sherry Hall (Reporter in Jim’s office), Chuck Hamilton (Policeman #4 on telephone), Julie Haydon (Blonde in police lineup), Robert Homans (Policeman in Car 91), Arthur Hoyt (Intimidated witness), Murray Kinnell (Judge), Ethan Laidlaw (Nightclub Patron), Frank LaRue (Policeman #3 on telephone), Tom London (First policeman killed in Final Raid), George Magrill (Sam’s henchman), Tom Mahoney (Desk sergeant), Edmund Mortimer (Assistant District Attorney), Robert Emmett O’Connor (Booking Policeman), Henry Otho (Detective), Nat Pendleton (Abe Gorman), Jack Pennick (Policeman #2 on telephone), Lee Phelps (Policeman #1 on telephone (Night Man)), Mickey Rooney (Mickey Fitzpatrick), Hector Sarno (Headwaiter at Celli’s), Charles Sullivan (Policeman in hall), Dick Sutherland (Bit Role), Morgan Wallace (Police captain), Leo White (Arrested man getting property receipt), Clarence Wilson (Coroner), Harry Wilson (Sam’s henchman), Dorothea Wolbert (Shoplifter)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 86 min; B&W
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