The Secret Six

Apr 18, 1931

1h 23m

★ 5.5

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cosmopolitan Productions

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Cast

Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio

Wallace Beery

Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law

Lewis Stone

Hank Rogers

Johnny Mack Brown

Anne Courtland

Jean Harlow

Peaches

Marjorie Rambeau

Nick Mizoski - the Gouger

Paul Hurst

Carl Luckner

Clark Gable

Johnny Franks

Ralph Bellamy

Joe Colimo

John Miljan

Chief of Police Donlin

DeWitt Jennings

Metz - the Dummy

Murray Kinnell

Jimmy Delano

Fletcher Norton

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