The Secret Six

The Secret Six

83 mins | Drama, Crime | April 18, 1931

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 6 masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.

The Secret Six

83 mins | Drama, Crime | April 18, 1931

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 6 masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions
Original title The Secret Six
Directors George W. Hill
Writers Frances Marion

Cast

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

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)