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