• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1931-04-18
  • Runtime83 minutes
  • TaglineNot Available
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreCrime, Drama
  • Production
    CompaniesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie 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.

Casts

Wallace Beery

Lewis Stone

Johnny Mack Brown

Jean Harlow

Marjorie Rambeau

Paul Hurst

Clark Gable

Ralph Bellamy

John Miljan

DeWitt Jennings

Murray Kinnell

Fletcher Norton

Louis Natheaux

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Theodore von Eltz