The Secret Six (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.
Rated
NR
Year
1931
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
18 April 1931
TMDB
5.6 (17)
CineVerse
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Ratings
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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
P
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)
B
Betty Lawson
Undertermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Tom London
Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
George Magrill
Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
O
Oscar Rudolph
Ivan Colimo (uncredited)
H
Hector Sarno
Finko (uncredited)
Carol Tevis
Manicurist (uncredited)
W
Walter Walker
Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
S
S.D. Wilcox
Protesting Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
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