The Secret Six (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 six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.
- Date of release
- 1931-04-18
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- George W. Hill
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
The Secret Six is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film starring Wallace Beery as "Slaughterhouse Scorpio", a character very loosely based on Al Capone, and featuring Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Marjorie Rambeau and Ralph Bellamy. The film was written by Frances Marion and directed by George W. Hill for MGM.
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