The Secret Six
1931Bootlegger/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.
Acted in
Wallace Beery
as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
Lewis Stone
as Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Johnny Mack Brown
as Hank Rogers
Jean Harlow
as Anne Courtland
Marjorie Rambeau
as Peaches
Paul Hurst
as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
Clark Gable
as Carl Luckner
Ralph Bellamy
as Johnny Franks
John Miljan
as Joe Colimo
DeWitt Jennings
as Chief of Police Donlin
Murray Kinnell
as Metz - the Dummy
Fletcher Norton
as Jimmy Delano
Louis Natheaux
as Eddie
Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Judge
Theodore von Eltz
as District Attorney Keeler
Lynton Brent
as Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Giblyn
as Mr. Simms - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Joseph W. Girard
as Official (uncredited)
Betty Lawson
as Undertermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Tom London
as Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
George Magrill
as Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
Oscar Rudolph
as Ivan Colimo (uncredited)
Hector Sarno
as Finko (uncredited)
Carol Tevis
as Manicurist (uncredited)
Walter Walker
as Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
S.D. Wilcox
as Protesting Man in Courtroom (uncredited)