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The Secret Six

58 %|Apr 18, 1931|Crime, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Frances Marion
Writer
George W. Hill
Director
Irving Thalberg
Producer
Harold Wenstrom
Director of Photography
George W. Hill
Producer
Blanche Sewell
Editor
Edgar G. Ulmer
Production Design
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction

Cast

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Wallace Beery
Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
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Lewis Stone
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
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Jean Harlow
Anne Courtland
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Paul Hurst
Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
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Clark Gable
Carl Luckner
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Ralph Bellamy
Johnny Franks
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John Miljan
Joe Colimo
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DeWitt Jennings
Chief of Police Donlin
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Murray Kinnell
Metz - the Dummy
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Fletcher Norton
Jimmy Delano
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Theodore von Eltz
District Attorney Keeler
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Lynton Brent
Reporter (uncredited)
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Charles Giblyn
Mr. Simms - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
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Joseph W. Girard
Official (uncredited)
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Betty Lawson
Undertermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Tom London
Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
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George Magrill
Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)
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Lee Phelps
Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
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Oscar Rudolph
Ivan Colimo (uncredited)
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Hector Sarno
Finko (uncredited)
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Carol Tevis
Manicurist (uncredited)
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Walter Walker
Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
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S.D. Wilcox
Protesting Man in Courtroom (uncredited)