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
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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

Murray Kinnell
Metz - the Dummy

Fletcher Norton
Jimmy Delano

Louis Natheaux
Eddie

Frank McGlynn Sr.
Judge
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