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

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