

18/04/1931
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.

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

Louis Natheaux
as Eddie

Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Judge

Theodore von Eltz
as District Attorney Keeler

Lynton Brent
as Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Giblyn
as Mr. Simms - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

Joseph W. Girard
as Official (uncredited)

Betty Lawson
as Undertermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Tom London
as Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)

George Magrill
as Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)

Lee Phelps
as Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)

Oscar Rudolph
as Ivan Colimo (uncredited)

Hector Sarno
as Finko (uncredited)

Carol Tevis
as Manicurist (uncredited)

Walter Walker
as Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)

S.D. Wilcox
as Protesting Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
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