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The Mayor of Hell

The Mayor of Hell
★ 7.1/10•1933•1h 30m•NR•Crime•Drama

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.

Edward Chodorov · Screenplay

Archie Mayo · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 24, 1933
Budget$229,000

Actors

James Cagney

James Cagney

Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

Madge Evans

Madge Evans

Dorothy Griffith

Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro

James 'Jimmie' Smith

Dudley Digges

Dudley Digges

Thompson

Arthur Byron

Arthur Byron

Judge H.J. Gilbert

Allen Jenkins

Allen Jenkins

Mike

Sheila Terry

Sheila Terry

Blonde with Mike

Robert Barrat

Robert Barrat

Fred Smith

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway

Harold Huber

Harold Huber

Joe

Dorothy Peterson

Dorothy Peterson

Mrs. Smith

G. Pat Collins

G. Pat Collins

Brandon

Edwin Maxwell

Edwin Maxwell

Louis Johnson

John Marston

John Marston

Hopkins

William V. Mong

William V. Mong

Mr. Walters

Mickey Bennett

Mickey Bennett

Butch Kilgore

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