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La bête de la cité

Titre original : The Beast of the City
  • 1932
  • Passed
  • 1h 26min
NOTE IMDb
6,7/10
1,6 k
MA NOTE
Jean Harlow and Wallace Ford in La bête de la cité (1932)
CriminalitéDrameFilm noir

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre languePolice Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.

  • Réalisation
    • Charles Brabin
  • Scénario
    • W.R. Burnett
    • Ben Hecht
    • John Lee Mahin
  • Casting principal
    • Walter Huston
    • Jean Harlow
    • Wallace Ford
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    6,7/10
    1,6 k
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Charles Brabin
    • Scénario
      • W.R. Burnett
      • Ben Hecht
      • John Lee Mahin
    • Casting principal
      • Walter Huston
      • Jean Harlow
      • Wallace Ford
    • 39avis d'utilisateurs
    • 16avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
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    Rôles principaux61

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    Walter Huston
    Walter Huston
    • Jim Fitzpatrick
    Jean Harlow
    Jean Harlow
    • Daisy Stevens
    Wallace Ford
    Wallace Ford
    • Ed Fitzpatrick
    Jean Hersholt
    Jean Hersholt
    • Sam Belmonte
    Dorothy Peterson
    Dorothy Peterson
    • Mary Fitzpatrick
    Tully Marshall
    Tully Marshall
    • Michaels
    John Miljan
    John Miljan
    • District Attorney
    Emmett Corrigan
    Emmett Corrigan
    • Chief of Police Burton
    Warner Richmond
    Warner Richmond
    • Tom
    Sandy Roth
    • Mac
    J. Carrol Naish
    J. Carrol Naish
    • Pietro Cholo
    Eddie Baker
    Eddie Baker
    • Detective
    • (non crédité)
    Elmer Ballard
    • Mayor
    • (non crédité)
    Sammy Blum
    Sammy Blum
    • Turnkey
    • (non crédité)
    Edward Brophy
    Edward Brophy
    • Police Dispatcher
    • (non crédité)
    Ed Cassidy
    Ed Cassidy
    • Policeman #5 on Telephone
    • (non crédité)
    Allan Cavan
    Allan Cavan
    • Pat - Car 47 Driver
    • (non crédité)
    Eddy Chandler
    Eddy Chandler
    • Joel - Policeman Outside Car 47
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Charles Brabin
    • Scénario
      • W.R. Burnett
      • Ben Hecht
      • John Lee Mahin
    • Toute la distribution et toute l’équipe technique
    • Production, box office et plus encore chez IMDbPro

    Avis des utilisateurs39

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    7bkoganbing

    The Skirt That Did Them In

    The Beast Of The City finds Walter Huston cast as a crusading and honest cop, possibly too rigidly honest. His character is a whole lot like Kirk Douglas's detective in Detective Story that would come out a generation later.

    The film also borrows a lot from westerns at the time. Huston's unknown western city is ruled by gangster Jean Hersholt who is apparently untouchable as far as the law is concerned. A whole lot like real life gangsters Al Capone and Lucky Luciano who were coming into prominence.

    Huston's family life is secure enough, wife Dorothy Peterson, a few kids among them a young Mickey Rooney. He also has his younger and weaker brother Wallace Ford living with them. Ford's got a real good deal, no rent and he apparently chases a lot of skirts. That proves to be his downfall and eventually Huston's.

    The skirt that did them in belonged to Jean Harlow. Jean was never a better mantrap in her career than she is The Beast Of The City. Wallace Ford turns out to be putty in her hands.

    Also note another good performance in The Beast Of The City is that of Tully Marshall who plays Hersholt's lawyer. The word shyster was invented for lawyers like Marshall, but he's good to have on your side especially if you're guilty as sin.

    The climax is an unforgettable one and one more typical to a western than a modern drama. It's what makes The Beast Of The City a classic that is too rarely seen today.
    boris-26

    Huston, Harlow and a Hail of Bullets!

    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!
    Michael_Elliott

    Great Cast

    Beast of the City, The (1932)

    *** (out of 4)

    MGM gangster film shown from the point of view of the police. Capt. Fitzpatrick (Walter Huston) is out to bring down gangster Sam Belmonte (Jean Hersholt) but is sold out by his brother (Wallace Ford) who has fallen for the gangster's girl (Jean Harlow). This film is certainly a lot different than the Warner gangster pictures as it doesn't glamorize the gangsters but instead puts the spotlight on the public for allowing gangs to rule the streets. Huston is his usual fiery self and both Ford and Harlow shine in their supporting roles. The subplot between Ford and Harlow is a bit weak but it leads to a highly powerful ending, which is among one of the best scenes from all the gangster films from this period.
    dougdoepke

    Support Your Local Police

    The prologue says it all—people need to support the cops, not the gangsters. After all, it's 1932, the depths of the depression, and cops are seen by much of the public as enforcers of a broken system. Desperadoes like Dillinger, Baby-Face Nelson, and Bonnie & Clyde are romanticized as ordinary folks driven to robbing hated banks. At the same time, romanticizing films such as Public Enemy (1931) and Little Caesar (1931) are smash hits at the box-office. Tellingly, cops are depicted here as opposing a crime boss's (Belmonte) attempt to take over the city, not busting up strikes, enforcing repossessions, or chasing down dashing desperadoes.

    It's a pretty good crime movie up to the ridiculous climax, where the two sides look like warring armies engaged in a frontier showdown. Why a police chief would deploy his men so recklessly is a real stretch. But, never mind, since there's a metaphorical point at stake here —namely, that police will honorably and bravely defend families no matter the personal cost to them, much as seen in popular Western movies. As a result, what makes for a positive social message is seen in the shootout as not necessarily translating into persuasive cinema.

    Harlow makes for a convincing trollop—note her pre-Code liking for pain when properly done! Also, Walter Huston remains one of the fine forgotten actors from this period. Here, he again shows a real ability to convey strong emotion in an understated way. The movie also benefits from LA street locations. It's always a kick to see the styles and fashions from that long ago time. Anyway, taken in its time period, the movie remains very revealing in more ways than one.
    7whpratt1

    Harlow was Red Hot in 1932

    The blond bomb shell, Jean Harlow,(Daisy Stevens),"Reckless",'35 gave an outstanding performance and some of her outfits showed off all the wonderful things males love in a woman during the 1930's and still DO ! Walter Houston,(Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick),"The Great Sinner",'49, played a rough and tough Irish Captain who did not mess around with the mob and especially Jean Hersholt, who really did not fit very well in this role. Jean Hersholt played very few roles as the bad guy during the 1920's and 30's and was a good actor in the radio days. J. Carrol Naish,(Pietro Cholo),"The Beast With Five Fingers",'46, was very young and gave a great supporting role on his way to a fantastic career on the Silver Screen. The ending of this film is great and I thought it was very well directed and produced.

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    • Anecdotes
      Mickey Rooney had just turned 11 years old when he played Walter Huston's young son in his first full-length sound feature film. His character's name is also "Mickey," and his first line is, "Say, those don't look like pancakes!"
    • Gaffes
      When Ed and Daisy first kiss, in a medium shot, he's holding her head in the crook of his left arm, and her right had is on his side. In the next closer shot, his arm is down and her right hand is up on his lapel.
    • Citations

      Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: [Ed grabs her arm tightly] Say! That hurts a little bit.

      Det. Ed Fitzpatrick: And you don't like to be hurt, do you?

      Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: Oh, I don't know.

      [Suggestively]

      Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: Kinda fun sometimes if it's done in the right spirit.

      Det. Ed Fitzpatrick: [Pushes her away] Get the beer!

    • Crédits fous
      Opening card: Instead of the glorification of cowardly gangsters, we need the glorification of policemen who do their duty and give their lives in public protection. If the police had the vigilant universal backing of the public opinion in their communities, if they had the implacable support of the prosecuting authorities and the courts, I am convinced that our police would stamp out the excessive crime, which had disgraced some of our great cities. ---- President Herbert Hoover
    • Connexions
      Featured in Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell (1993)
    • Bandes originales
      Chopsticks
      (1877) (uncredited)

      Traditional piano tune

      Music by Euphemia Allen

      Played on piano by Betty Mae Crane and Beverly Crane

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    • How long is The Beast of the City?Alimenté par Alexa

    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 13 février 1932 (États-Unis)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • The Beast of the City
    • Lieux de tournage
      • 3849 Main Street, Culver City, Californie, États-Unis(robbery at the Bank of America branch)
    • Sociétés de production
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • Cosmopolitan Productions
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    • Budget
      • 230 000 $US (estimé)
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    • Durée
      • 1h 26min(86 min)
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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