The Secret Six
The Secret Six
Release: 1931-04-18
·Runtime: 83m
·★ 5.5
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cosmopolitan Productions
Cast
Lewis Stone
as Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Johnny Mack Brown
as Hank Rogers
Paul Hurst
as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Judge
Lee Phelps
as Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
Carol Tevis
as Manicurist (uncredited)
Walter Walker
as Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
Jean Harlow
as Anne Courtland
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
Marjorie Rambeau
as Peaches
Clark Gable
as Carl Luckner
Charles Giblyn
as Mr. Simms - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Joseph W. Girard
as Official (uncredited)
George Magrill
as Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)
Wallace Beery
as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
Ralph Bellamy
as Johnny Franks
Lynton Brent
as Reporter (uncredited)
Tom London
as Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
