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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.
Theatrical
Apr 18, 1931
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions
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Cast
Full credits →W
Wallace Beery
Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
L
Lewis Stone
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
J
Johnny Mack Brown
Hank Rogers
J
Jean Harlow
Anne Courtland
M
Marjorie Rambeau
Peaches
P
Paul Hurst
Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
C
Clark Gable
Carl Luckner
R
Ralph Bellamy
Johnny Franks
J
John Miljan
Joe Colimo
D
DeWitt Jennings
Chief of Police Donlin
M
Murray Kinnell
Metz - the Dummy
F
Fletcher Norton
Jimmy Delano
L
Louis Natheaux
Eddie
F
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Judge
T
Theodore von Eltz
District Attorney Keeler
L
Lynton Brent
Reporter (uncredited)
C
Charles Giblyn
Mr. Simms - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
J
Joseph W. Girard
Official (uncredited)
T
Tom London
Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
G
George Magrill
Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)
