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
Carol Tevis
as Manicurist (uncredited)
Wallace Beery
as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
Clark Gable
as Carl Luckner
John Miljan
as Joe Colimo
DeWitt Jennings
as Chief of Police Donlin
Tom London
as Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
Walter Walker
as Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Judge
George Magrill
as Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)
Lewis Stone
as Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Johnny Mack Brown
as Hank Rogers
Jean Harlow
as Anne Courtland
Ralph Bellamy
as Johnny Franks
Louis Natheaux
as Eddie
Theodore von Eltz
as District Attorney Keeler
Lynton Brent
as Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Giblyn
as Mr. Simms - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Marjorie Rambeau
as Peaches
Paul Hurst
as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
Murray Kinnell
as Metz - the Dummy
Fletcher Norton
as Jimmy Delano
Joseph W. Girard
as Official (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
