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
Clark Gable
Carl Luckner
Ralph Bellamy
Johnny Franks
Wallace Beery
Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
John Miljan
Joe Colimo
Tom London
Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
Jean Harlow
Anne Courtland
Marjorie Rambeau
Peaches
Lewis Stone
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Johnny Mack Brown
Hank Rogers
Walter Walker
Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
George Magrill
Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)
DeWitt Jennings
Chief of Police Donlin
Lynton Brent
Reporter (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
Metz - the Dummy
Theodore von Eltz
District Attorney Keeler
Louis Natheaux
Eddie
Lee Phelps
Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
Joseph W. Girard
Official (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Judge
Carol Tevis
Manicurist (uncredited)
Fletcher Norton
Jimmy Delano
Paul Hurst
Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
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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