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    The Beast of the City

    1932 · Crime drama · 1h 20m

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  1. Reviews 64% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick (Walter Huston) is a principled family man, but when it comes to his job with the police in Prohibition-era Chicago, he's a vicious...

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    • Charles Brabin
    • Crime, Drama
    • Walter Huston
  2. The Beast of the City Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Scott Nash Three Movie Buffs. Harlow plays the quintessential gangster's moll. Full Review |...

  3. 50 global ratings. The Beast of the City. by Walter Huston. Write a review. How customer reviews and ratings work. Top positive review. Positive reviews ›. starrynight. Jean Harlow was so beautiful! Who said she could not act. Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2016. Jean Harlow was so beautiful! Who said she could not act?

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    The police have tough calls to take care of, like that nude woman running around. When not bothering with that, they try and pick each other up, role playing cops and, uh, prostitutes.
    Look, someone’s nickname is ‘Easy Stevens’. It’s highly doubtful this is because their parents never considered schoolyard teasing.
    “Hey you son of a–!”
    Criminals in the film murder a kid. And are acquitted of the deed.

    The cops are just like you and me, you know. They have dull work, they put up with nut jobs, they gamble money, they drink, and they even have precocious families to go home to at the end of the day. If you’re one of those people who read the yellow newspapers or go see those Warner Brothers gangster pictures, you might forget this. Beast of the Ci...

    Immortal Ephemeramarvels at this one, and includes a number of quotes from the film. He also talks about the residual value of Harlow collectables, a star that’s never gone out of style.

    This film appeared in the Wikipedia List of Pre-Code Films.
    This film is available on Amazon and Warner Archive.
  4. Feb 27, 2009 · Full review. Silver Screenings says: "A fascinating account of an ambitious and hard-working woman ... Aliperti’s book is well written and incredibly well researched." Full review. Speakeasy says: "Despite her decline, this is not a sad or bleak book but an enjoyable history ... Any fan of the collectible Citadel “Films of” book series ...

  5. Overview. User Reviews. Cast & Crew. Releases. Related. Share on. facebook. twitter. Synopsis by Sandra Brennan. 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.

  6. The TLS - Aleister Crowley’s London. A book review of City Of The Beast by Phil Baker

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