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