The Mayor of Hell (1933)

06/24/1933 (US) • 1h 30m

Crime, Drama

Rips the Lid from an Inferno of Human Passions!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

James Cagney

Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

Madge Evans

Dorothy Griffith

Frankie Darro

James 'Jimmie' Smith

Arthur Byron

Judge H.J. Gilbert

Sheila Terry

Blonde with Mike

Robert Barrat

Fred Smith

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$229,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

fire

judge

nurse

youth gang

gang

solitary confinement

juvenile delinquent

reformatory

pre-code

reform school

revolt

sick child

reformer

racketeer

escape attempt

kids on their own

mob justice

self government

child mistreatment

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remade

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