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The beast of the city /

Police captain Jim Fitzpatrick is shipped out to the suburbs by crime boss Sam Belmonte. Now rid of the do-gooder, Belmonte's stranglehold on the city tightens and crime is on the rise. Not to be thwarted, Fitzpatrick sets out to clean up the streets as well as the corruption within the departm...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions, Warner Home Video (Firm), Turner Entertainment Co
Other Authors: Brabin, Charles J., 1883-1957, Stromberg, Hunt, 1894-1968, Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982, Mahin, John Lee, 1902-1984, Huston, Walter, 1884-1950, Harlow, Jean, 1911-1937, Hersholt, Jean, 1886-1956, Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966, Peterson, Dorothy, 1897-1979, Marshall, Tully, 1864-1943, Miljan, John, 1893-1960, Corrigan, Emmett, 1867-1932, Richmond, Warner, 1895-1948, Roth, Sandy, 1889-1943, Naish, J. Carrol, 1896-1973, Rooney, Mickey
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Burbank : Warnerarchive.com : [2009]
Series:Archive collection.
Subjects:
Organized crime > United States > Drama.
Police corruption > United States > Drama.
Suburban police > United States > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Prohibition > Drama.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Gangster films.
Fiction films.
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Summary:Police captain Jim Fitzpatrick is shipped out to the suburbs by crime boss Sam Belmonte. Now rid of the do-gooder, Belmonte's stranglehold on the city tightens and crime is on the rise. Not to be thwarted, Fitzpatrick sets out to clean up the streets as well as the corruption within the department. When his brother Ed takes up with the gangster's moll, Fitzpatrick finds the war against crime hitting too close to home. Convinced that the legal system does not work, Fitzpatrick takes matters into his own hands.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion icture in 1932.
Based on an unpublished story by W.R. Burnett.
This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container."
"Turner Entertainment Co."--Disc label.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R; mono; full-screen 4x3, 1.33:1; Dolby digital.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Norbert Brodine ; editor, Anne Bauchens ; producer, Hunt Stromberg.