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