The Beast of the City (1932)
Actors:
Elmer Ballard (actor),
Sammy Blum (actor),
Edward Brophy (actor),
Ed Cassidy (actor),
Allan Cavan (actor),
Eddy Chandler (actor),
George Chandler (actor),
Martin Cichy (actor),
Edward Coppo (actor),
Emmett Corrigan (actor),
Edgar Dearing (actor),
Mike Donlin (actor),
Wallace Ford (actor),
Jack Grey (actor),
Eddie Baker (actor),
Plot: Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is fighting gangster Sam Belmonte. He asks his dishonest brother Ed to keep an eye on Daisy who was connected with Belmonte.
Keywords: beer, betrayal, blonde, blonde-bombshell, brother-brother-relationship, car-chase, chase, confession, cop-killer, courage
Genres:
Crime,
Drama,
Film-Noir,
Romance,
Taglines: Beware the hunters who stalk their prey through city jungles! Human lives are offered up daily to the Beast of the City Jungle, so that scented, silken-clad women can enjoy the forbidden thrills of a modern Babylon! See this heart-wrenching drama!
Quotes:
Det. Ed Fitzpatrick: [Ed steps between Daisy and her front door] Don't kick me in the shin, or I'll smack your face!::Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: All right, copper.::Det. Ed Fitzpatrick: How'd you come to think that one up?::Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: Aw, you've got Headquarters written all over yuh!::Det. Ed Fitzpatrick: Smart girl, huh?::Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: Yeah, and I never got past the eighth grade.::Det. Ed Fitzpatrick: Well, maybe you're bright enough to answer a few questions.::Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: Sure, if you don't ask them in Yiddish! [She pushes past him and goes into the door. Then suggestively] Can you come in?::Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: I'm right behind yuh.
Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick: I know how to make those lice talk.
Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick: I hate Belmonte and that crowd because they're behind everything in this town that's rotten. I mean to wipe 'em out if it takes hot lead.
Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: [Laying down on a bed seductively] I don't mind taking orders, but there's one decision that's always up to me.::Det. Ed Fitzpatrick: Come on, sit up like a lady! I know that trick!::Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: Oh, unintentional, mister. [Lying in a laguorously sensual position] Say, do you think I'm so dumb as to pull a gag like that?::Det. Ed Fitzpatrick: You might. You're built for it!
Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: [Ed grabs her arm tightly] Say! It 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] Kind of fun sometimes if it's done in the right spirit.
Det. Ed Fitzpatrick: [Trying to discourage one of Belmonte's gun molls in the bedroom] Listen, I'm an old man. I left my youth in the capitols of Europe.
Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: [Seductively] I know, it;s a funny thing. You drink beer to make you cool, and it just makes yuh hot. [She tugs on the cleavage of her dress] I can't stand it. I gotta do something about it. [She walks away, ostensibly to take off her dress]
Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont: [after a passionate kiss] I never thought I'd have a yen for a copper. Are you gonna' try and reform me, huh?::Det. Ed Fitzpatrick: What for?::[They kiss passionately again]
Lt. John 'Mac' McCowsky: [Watching the sergeant's solitaire game] Hey, you're cheatin'! You've got a black queen on a black king!::Desk Sergeant: What are you kickin' about? They don't seem to mind.
Reporter: [while eating a sandwich, washed down with a bottle of milk, a plainclothes cop or reporter refers to a man who has been hanged - at least two days ago] That's the way you gotta do with ducks. They're too gamey at first.