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.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Cosmopolitan Productions
• Wallace Beery
• Lewis Stone
• Johnny Mack Brown
• Jean Harlow
• Marjorie Rambeau
• Paul Hurst
• Clark Gable
• Ralph Bellamy