The Secret Six (1931)
The Secret Six (1931)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 7200 kbps | 4.4Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:23:00 | USA | Crime, Drama, Romance
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 7200 kbps | 4.4Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:23:00 | USA | Crime, Drama, Romance
After rising bootlegger Slaughterhouse Scorpio eliminates his gangland competition, two reporters and a cabal of six businessmen work to expose him.
Director: George W. Hill
Cast: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Marjorie Rambeau, Paul Hurst, Clark Gable, Ralph Bellamy, John Miljan, DeWitt Jennings, Murray Kinnell, Fletcher Norton, Louis Natheaux, Frank McGlynn Sr., Theodore von Eltz, Lynton Brent, Charles Giblyn, Joseph W. Girard, Tom London, George Magrill, Lee Phelps, Oscar Rudolph, Hector Sarno, Carol Tevis, Walter Walker, S.D. Wilcox
The Secret Six (1931)
During the Prohibition era Louis Scorpio a stockyard worker in the small town of Centro, is recruited by bootleggers Nick Mizoski and Johnny Franks. Nick, also known as The Gouger, and Johnny entice Scorpio with promises of easy profits, and then give him a tour of their distillery. After Newton, the bootleggers' boss, divides the gang's most recent profits, he informs his men that he plans to muscle in on bootlegger Joe Colimo's territory as their next job. When Colimo learns that Johnny and his henchmen are trying to force a bartender working in his territory to buy his liquor from them, he sends Eddie, one of his gunmen, to take care of the matter. A shootout ensues, which results in the killing of Colimo's brother, whom he was trying keep out of the mob. Johnny and Scorpio flee to Newton's, and when Colimo comes looking for his brother's killer, Scorpio is set up to take the rap for the murder. The Colimo mob shoots but only slightly wounds Scorpio, who soon realizes that he was set up, and returns to Newton's to take revenge on Johnny. Scorpio shoots Johnny and considers shooting Newton, but the police burst in and he escapes. Peaches, a Newton moll, becomes hysterical when she sees Johnny dead. Meanwhile, reporters Carl and Hank arrive on the scene and compete for the murder story while also vying for the attentions of Anne Courtland, another Newton moll. Anne is later hired by Scorpio to keep the reporters off the gangsters' trail. Once Scorpio gains a position of power in the bootlegging racket, he orchestrates Mizoski's Centro mayoral election victory. Soon after the new chief of police takes office, he promises to avenge his son's murder by running the hoodlums out of town, and Mizoski fires him from the force. After Colimo is killed, Scorpio sets his sights on the big city. In response to the arrival of Scorpio's gang, a special police force is created, which calls itself the "Secret Six," comprised of six masked men representing the "greatest force of law and order in the U.S." The force commmissions Carl to gather evidence against Scorpio and the mob, but he is instructed to wait until all the gangsters are in town before making any arrests. When Anne discovers a plot to kill Hank, she runs onto a subway car to warn him, but is too late. As soon as she tells Hank that she loves him, the lights on the train go out and a shot kills him. Later, Scorpio is jailed, and Metz, one of the distillery lackeys thought to be a deaf-mute, cracks under police pressure and gives the needed testimony to convict Scorpio. At Scorpio's trial, Anne testifies that she heard Scorpio threaten to kill Hank. Scorpio, however, bribes the jury and buys his not guilty verdict, which the judge angrily calls a miscarriage of justice. Following Scorpio's trial, police close in on him, and a shootout at Frank's Steak House ensues. Scorpio kills Newton for his money and then seeks refuge at Peaches', but she double-crosses him and turns him over to the police. Scorpio and his men are soon imprisoned and condemned to death row
The Secret Six (1931)
The Secret Six (1931)
IMDb
Bootlegger/cafe owner Ralph Bellamy recruits crude working man Wallace Beery to join his gang which is masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Lewis Stone. Beery eventually takes over Bellamy's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of 6 masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair with the help of rival crusading newspapermen Clark Gable and Johnny Mack Brown. Waitress Jean Harlow is torn between her love for the honest newsman Brown and her financial dependence on her generous boss, Beery.
~ Sandra Bockelman
The Secret Six (1931)
The Secret Six (1931)
The Secret Six (1931)
