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