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.
Wallace Beery
as Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio
Lewis Stone
as Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Johnny Mack Brown
as Hank Rogers
Jean Harlow
as Anne Courtland
Marjorie Rambeau
as Peaches
Paul Hurst
as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
Clark Gable
as Carl Luckner
Ralph Bellamy
as Johnny Franks
John Miljan
as Joe Colimo
DeWitt Jennings
as Chief of Police Donlin
Murray Kinnell
as Metz - the Dummy
Fletcher Norton
as Jimmy Delano
