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The Mayor of Hell

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7.2/10 • 28

1933-06-241h 30m

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Rips the Lid from an Inferno of Human Passions!

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.

Directors
Archie Mayo
Editors
Jack Killifer

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  1. James Cagney

    James Cagney

    Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

  2. Madge Evans

    Madge Evans

    Dorothy Griffith

  3. Frankie Darro

    Frankie Darro

    James 'Jimmie' Smith

  4. Dudley Digges

    Dudley Digges

    Thompson

  5. Arthur Byron

    Arthur Byron

    Judge H.J. Gilbert

  6. Allen Jenkins

    Allen Jenkins

    Mike

  7. Sheila Terry

    Sheila Terry

    Blonde with Mike

  8. Robert Barrat

    Robert Barrat

    Fred Smith

  9. Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

    Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

    Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$229,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
firejudgenurseyouth ganggangsolitary confinementjuvenile delinquentreformatorypre-codereform schoolrevoltsick childreformerracketeerescape attemptmob justiceself governmentchild mistreatmentkindly guard