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