The Secret Six
1931
1h 23min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
18 April 1931
Runtime
1h 23min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions
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
Theodore von Eltz
District Attorney Keeler
Lynton Brent
Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Giblyn
Mr. Simms - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Joseph W. Girard
Official (uncredited)
Betty Lawson
Undertermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Tom London
Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
George Magrill
Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
Oscar Rudolph
Ivan Colimo (uncredited)
Hector Sarno
Finko (uncredited)
Carol Tevis
Manicurist (uncredited)
Walter Walker
Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
S.D. Wilcox
Protesting Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
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