Overview
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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 4/18/1931
Runtime: 83 min
Writers: Frances Marion
Top Cast
Wallace Beery
Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
Lewis Stone
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Johnny Mack Brown
Hank Rogers
Jean Harlow
Anne Courtland
Marjorie Rambeau
Peaches
Paul Hurst
Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
Clark Gable
Carl Luckner
Ralph Bellamy
Johnny Franks
John Miljan
Joe Colimo
DeWitt Jennings
Chief of Police Donlin
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