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

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