The Secret Six
1931 | 83m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | George W. Hill |
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| Writer: | Frances Marion |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 18, 1931 |
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| Director: | George W. Hill |
| Writer: | Frances Marion |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | secret society, bootlegging, pre-code |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Wallace Beery | Louis 'Slaughterhouse' Scorpio |
| Lewis Stone | Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law |
| Johnny Mack Brown | Hank Rogers |
| Jean Harlow | Anne Courtland |
| Marjorie Rambeau | Peaches |
| Paul Hurst | Nick Mizoski - the Gouger |
| Clark Gable | Carl Luckner |
| Ralph Bellamy | Johnny Franks |
| John Miljan | Joe Colimo |
| DeWitt Jennings | Chief of Police Donlin |
| Murray Kinnell | Metz - the Dummy |
| Fletcher Norton | Jimmy Delano |
| Louis Natheaux | Eddie |
| Frank McGlynn Sr. | Judge |
| Theodore von Eltz | District Attorney Keeler |
| Lynton Brent | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Charles Giblyn | Mr. Simms - Ballistics Expert (uncredited) |
| Joseph W. Girard | Official (uncredited) |
| Betty Lawson | Undertermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
| Tom London | Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited) |
| George Magrill | Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | Smelts - Waiter (uncredited) |
| Oscar Rudolph | Ivan Colimo (uncredited) |
| Hector Sarno | Finko (uncredited) |
| Carol Tevis | Manicurist (uncredited) |
| Walter Walker | Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited) |
| S.D. Wilcox | Protesting Man in Courtroom (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| George W. Hill | Director |
| Harold Wenstrom | Director of Photography |
| Blanche Sewell | Editor |
| Frances Marion | Writer |
| Edgar G. Ulmer | Production Design |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| George W. Hill | Producer |
| Irving Thalberg | Producer |
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