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.

• DirectorGeorge W. Hill
• Release18 April 1931
• Genre
  Crime / Drama
• Duration1h 23m
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• Rate
  

  5.531
  16 reviews
• Productions

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions