Crime Drama
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.
Directed by
George W. Hill
Written by
Frances Marion
Ralph Bellamy
Johnny Franks
Clark Gable
Carl Luckner
Lynton Brent
Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Hurst
Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
Lewis Stone
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Walter Walker
Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Eddie
John Miljan
Joe Colimo
Lee Phelps
Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
Wallace Beery
Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
Jean Harlow
Anne Courtland
Tom London
Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Judge
Marjorie Rambeau
Peaches
George Magrill
Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
Metz - the Dummy
Theodore von Eltz
District Attorney Keeler
Carol Tevis
Manicurist (uncredited)
Johnny Mack Brown
Hank Rogers
Joseph W. Girard
Official (uncredited)
Fletcher Norton
Jimmy Delano
DeWitt Jennings
Chief of Police Donlin
Betty Lawson
Undertermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Oscar Rudolph
Ivan Colimo (uncredited)
Hector Sarno
Finko (uncredited)
S.D. Wilcox
Protesting Man in Courtroom (uncredited)

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