The Secret Six

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.

Crime Drama

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))

Betty Lawson

(Undertermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Tom London

(Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited))

George Magrill

(Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited))

Lee Phelps

(Smelts - Waiter (uncredited))

Oscar Rudolph

(Ivan Colimo (uncredited))

Hector Sarno

(Finko (uncredited))

Carol Tevis

(Manicurist (uncredited))

Walter Walker

(Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited))

S.D. Wilcox

(Protesting Man in Courtroom (uncredited))