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