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Director:
Charles Brabin
Writers:
W.R. Burnett (story)
John Lee Mahin (dialogue continuity)
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Release Date:
13 February 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir | Drama more
Tagline:
Beware the hunters who stalk their prey through city jungles! more
Plot:
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is fighting gangster Sam Belmonte. He asks his dishonest brother Ed to... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
City Sentinels (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-14
Company:
Cosmopolitan Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Fifty-two minutes into the film Daisy (Jean Harlow) has a party at her place. On a small table against the back wall is a photo of Clark Gable, her co-star in Red Dust (1932) the same year. more
Quotes:
Det. Ed Fitzpatrick: Mind if I ask you some questions?
Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: Sure, if you don't ask them in Yiddish.
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Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV) more
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Huston, Harlow and a Hail of Bullets!, 11 February 2004
Author: Glenn Andreiev (gandreiev@aol.com) from Huntington, NY

MGM tried to go for the hard edged style of Warner Brothers gangster films with this drama about a strict DA (Walter Huston making an amazing turn as a tough guy) looking to clean up the city. The film is stolen by Jean Harlow, as a loose woman luring Huston's rookie cop brother (Wallace Ford) down the highway to sin. Her `koochie-dance' she performs for Ford is quite the eyeful! And dig that vicious, mind bending ending!

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