The Beast Of The City (1932)

A police captain (Walter Huston) is not above fighting violence with violence. His brutal methods cause him to be demoted for political reasons. Meanwhile, his brother (Wallace Ford), also a cop, is seduced by a mobster's mistress (Jean Harlow). Directed by Charles Brabin (THE MASK OF FU MANCHU). A most unusual movie to come from MGM, this was the kind of violent gangster flick that usually emanated from Warner Brothers. In fact, Louis B. Mayer relegated it to the second half of MGM's double features. There are no heroes in this movie. Huston's police captain is brutal in his methods and he's a bit of a racist, too. He refers to a character as "one of the greatest white men I've ever known" and refers to an Italian mobster as "greasy". The bloodbath finale at the end of the film sees all the major characters dead! As the film's gold digging femme fatale, Jean Harlow steals every scene she's in and began her reign as MGM's platinum blonde! With Jean Hersholt, J. Carrol Naish, Dorothy Peterson and Nate Pendleton.