The Secret Six (1931)

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.

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Directed by

George W. Hill

Cast

• Wallace Beery as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
• Lewis Stone as Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
• Johnny Mack Brown as Hank Rogers
• Jean Harlow as Anne Courtland
• Marjorie Rambeau as Peaches
• Paul Hurst as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
• Clark Gable as Carl Luckner
• Ralph Bellamy as Johnny Franks
• John Miljan as Joe Colimo
• DeWitt Jennings as Chief of Police Donlin
• Murray Kinnell as Metz - the Dummy
• Fletcher Norton as Jimmy Delano

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