The Beast of the City is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film featuring cops as vigilantes and known for its singularly vicious ending. Wow. Written by W.R. Burnett, Ben Hecht (uncredited), and John Lee Mahin, and directed by Charles Brabin, the film stars Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford Jean Hersholt, and … Huston's performance in both is crisp and professional, and he was that rare actor who could move back and forth from leading roles to character roles. The demented violent ending with the police descending over the gangsters as they execute them is one of 30s action cinema greatest glories. The Beast of the City (1932). Written by W.R. Burnett, Ben Hecht (uncredited), and John Lee Mahin, and directed by Charles Brabin, the film stars Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford, Jean Hersholt, and Tully Marshall Set in the fictional meatropolis of Beef City. It doesn’t pack quite as much punch as a Cagney or Robinson vehicle, but it’s a solid piece of work and it has its fair share of grit. Review by Michael Bayer ★★★½ . Python Earns Her Keep at Kansas City’s Beast and Edge of Hell Haunted Houses There is a slithering of activity for Medusa's 15th birthday on October 13 – coinciding with the full "Hunters" moon. A police captain leads the fight against a vicious gangland chief in this exciting drama starring Oscar and Golden Globe-winner Walter Huston ("Yankee Doodle Dandy"). Medusa is a reticulated python with residences at Kansas City's Edge of Hell and Beast Haunted Houses. Users are strongly advised to join the BEAST mailing-list. Find trailers, reviews, and all info for The Beast of the City by Charles Brabin. Centre unique en France de sports, danses, et art du déplacement, le City Beast version Pleyel est le 1er édifice permettant de regrouper sur un même site des activités aussi diverses, avec pour seul point commun : le plaisir. This was really good. Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it. BEAST is built on a large body of prior work and appropriate citations for individual modules, models and components will be listed when BEAST is run.