The Mayor of Hell

Rips the Lid from an Inferno of Human Passions!

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.

James Cagney

(Richard 'Patsy' Gargan)

Madge Evans

(Dorothy Griffith)

Frankie Darro

(James 'Jimmie' Smith)

Dudley Digges

Arthur Byron

(Judge H.J. Gilbert)

Allen Jenkins

Sheila Terry

(Blonde with Mike)

Robert Barrat

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

(Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway)

Harold Huber

Dorothy Peterson

G. Pat Collins

Edwin Maxwell

(Louis Johnson)

John Marston

William V. Mong

Mickey Bennett

(Butch Kilgore)

Sidney Miller

(Isidore "Izzy" Horowitz)

Hobart Cavanaugh

George Humbert

(Mr. Carmonotti)

Raymond Borzage

(Johnny 'Skinny' Stone)

George Offerman, Jr.

(Charlie Burns)

Charles E. Cane

Beaudine Anderson

(Boy (uncredited))

James Donlan

(Sam (uncredited))

Sam Finn

(Joe's Henchman (uncredited))

Ben Hendricks Jr.

(Guard Taking Jimmy to Thompson (uncredited))

Gladden James

(Car Owner Paying 25¢ (uncredited))

Wilfred Lucas

(Bill (uncredited))

Wallace MacDonald

(Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited))

Larry McGrath

(Johnston's Assistant (uncredited))

Jack McHugh

(Boy Prosecutor (uncredited))

Bert Moorhouse

(Joe's Henchman Playing Cards (uncredited))

Adrian Morris

(Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited))

Frank O'Connor

(Cop in Court (uncredited))

Henry Otho

(Guard in School Armory (uncredited))

Bob Perry

(Collector (uncredited))

Hector V. Sarno

(Hollis (uncredited))

Andy Shuford

(Boy Judge (uncredited))

William H. Strauss

(Mr. Horowitz (uncredited))

Charles Sullivan

(Collector (uncredited))

Ben Taggart

(Sheriff (uncredited))

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

(Mr. Hemingway (uncredited))

Sailor Vincent

(Guard (uncredited))

Huey White

(Joe's Henchman (uncredited))

Charles C. Wilson

(Wilson (uncredited))

Harry Wilson

(Joe's Henchman (uncredited))

Dorothea Wolbert

(Mrs. Burns (uncredited))