The Beast of the City (1932)

5.9/10 86 min Crime Drama

Overview

Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his police detective brother Ed to watch over Daisy who is associated with Belmonte but things don't go as planned.

Cast

Walter Huston

Captain James "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz

Jean Harlow

Daisy Stevens aka Mildred Beaumont

Wallace Ford

Detective Ed Fitzpatrick

Jean Hersholt

Samuel "Sam" Belmonte

Dorothy Peterson

Mary Fitzpatrick

Tully Marshall

Defence Attorney Michaels

Emmett Corrigan

Chief of Police "Burt" Burton

Warner Richmond

Detective Tom

J. Carrol Naish

Pietro Cholo

John Miljan

District Attorney

Edward Brophy

Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

Dorothy Granger

Drunken Girl Singing at Party (uncredited)

Frank LaRue

Policeman #3 on Telephone (uncredited)

Nat Pendleton

Abe Gorman (uncredited)

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Fitzpatrick (uncredited)

Clarence Wilson

Coroner (uncredited)

Constantine Romanoff

Identifying Witness (uncredited)

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