Love That Brute (1950)

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Country: USA
Genres: N/A
Release: 1950-06-06
Director: Alexander Hall
Writers: John Lee Mahin , Karl Tunberg , Darrell Ware
Language: English
Stars: Paul Douglas , Jean Peters , Cesar Romero , Keenan Wynn , Joan Davis , Arthur Treacher (1894–1975) , Peter Price , Jay C. Flippen , Barry Kelley , Leon Belasco
Runtime: 86 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Le mort se porte bien (Belgium) , Love That Brute (Canada) , Turned up Toes (United States of America) , Love That Brute (Japan) , Love That Brute , Ma brute chérie (France, French Republic) , Gosto Deste Bruto (Brazil) , Lang, knap en breedgeschouderd (Netherlands the) , Quiero a este bruto (Spain) , De dode stelt het goed (Belgium) , Näin me gangsterit (Finland) , X Marks the Spot (United States of America) , Vita nejlikan (Sweden) , Enas gangster me hrysi kardia (Greece) , Mi adorable gángster (Mexico) , Love That Brute (United Kingdom) , Gosto Desse Bruto (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Love That Brute (United States of America) , Sei canaglia ma ti amo (Italy) , Iubeşte bruta aia (Romania)
Plot: In 1928, Big Ed Hanley, boss of a gang of Chicago racketeers, has money and power, but he is bored. Watching some kids play in the park, he sees Ruth Manning and is interested at once. He tells her he has a couple of kids and gives her the job of taking care of them. He moves Mamie in as a housekeeper, but the best he can scrape up as a son is Harry, a pint-sized monster. A couple of henchmen sent by to rub Big Ed out by his rival, Pretty Willie, are relieved of their hardware by Quentin, Ed's butler, and Bugs, his right-hand man. They march them downstairs, supposedly to drop in the river, but actually leave them in a very nice jail maintained by Ed for gangsters who drop by to rub him out. Ed's problems include keeping Ruth, who has begun to like him, from finding out about his activities, increasing his family, and keeping uninvited guests from dropping by.
IMDB:tt0042688