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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, Harold Wenstrom
Written by: Frances Marion
Produced by: Irving Thalberg, George W. Hill
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

Clark Gable
Carl Luckner

Ralph Bellamy
Johnny Franks

John Miljan
Joe Colimo

DeWitt Jennings
Chief of Police Donlin

Murray Kinnell
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