The Mayor of Hell

Overview

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.

Directed by Archie Mayo

Top cast

James Cagney

Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

Madge Evans

Dorothy Griffith

Frankie Darro

James 'Jimmie' Smith

Dudley Digges

Thompson

Arthur Byron

Judge H.J. Gilbert

Allen Jenkins

Mike

Sheila Terry

Blonde with Mike

Robert Barrat

Fred Smith

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway

Harold Huber

Joe

Dorothy Peterson

Mrs. Smith

G. Pat Collins

Brandon

Edwin Maxwell

Louis Johnson

John Marston

Hopkins

William V. Mong

Mr. Walters

Mickey Bennett

Butch Kilgore

Sidney Miller

Isidore "Izzy" Horowitz

Hobart Cavanaugh

Mr. Gorman

George Humbert

Mr. Carmonotti

Raymond Borzage

Johnny 'Skinny' Stone

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