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

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