The Secret Six

Overview

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.

Directed by George W. Hill

Top 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)

B

Betty Lawson

Undertermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Tom London

Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)

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