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The Mayor of Hell

1933-06-241h 30mCrime / Drama7.0/10TMDB · 33 votes

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.

“Rips the Lid from an Inferno of Human Passions!”

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Directed byArchie Mayo

Original languageEnglish

Original release1933-06-24

ProductionUnited States of America

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James CagneyRichard 'Patsy' Gargan

Madge EvansDorothy Griffith

Frankie DarroJames 'Jimmie' Smith

Dudley DiggesThompson

Arthur ByronJudge H.J. Gilbert

Allen JenkinsMike

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Sheila TerryBlonde with Mike Robert BarratFred Smith Allen 'Farina' HoskinsJoliet "Smoke" Hemingway Harold HuberJoe Dorothy PetersonMrs. Smith G. Pat CollinsBrandon Edwin MaxwellLouis Johnson John MarstonHopkins William V. MongMr. Walters Mickey BennettButch Kilgore Sidney MillerIsidore "Izzy" Horowitz Hobart CavanaughMr. Gorman George HumbertMr. Carmonotti Raymond BorzageJohnny 'Skinny' Stone George Offerman, Jr.Charlie Burns Charles E. CaneTommy Gorman Beaudine AndersonBoy (uncredited)James DonlanSam (uncredited)Sam FinnJoe's Henchman (uncredited)Ben Hendricks Jr.Guard Taking Jimmy to Thompson (uncredited)Gladden JamesCar Owner Paying 25¢ (uncredited)Wilfred LucasBill (uncredited)Wallace MacDonaldMan in Johnson's Office (uncredited)Larry McGrathJohnston's Assistant (uncredited)Jack McHughBoy Prosecutor (uncredited)Bert MoorhouseJoe's Henchman Playing Cards (uncredited)Adrian MorrisCar Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)Frank O'ConnorCop in Court (uncredited)Henry OthoGuard in School Armory (uncredited)Bob PerryCollector (uncredited)Hector V. SarnoHollis (uncredited)Andy ShufordBoy Judge (uncredited)William H. StraussMr. Horowitz (uncredited)Charles SullivanCollector (uncredited)Ben TaggartSheriff (uncredited)Fred 'Snowflake' ToonesMr. Hemingway (uncredited)Sailor VincentGuard (uncredited)Huey WhiteJoe's Henchman (uncredited)Charles Cahill WilsonWilson (uncredited)Harry WilsonJoe's Henchman (uncredited)Dorothea WolbertMrs. Burns (uncredited)

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