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The Mayor of Hell
“Rips the Lid from an Inferno of Human Passions!”
7.1 / 10• 1933• 1h 30m•NR• English
CrimeDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
James Cagney
Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
Lead
Madge Evans
Dorothy Griffith
Frankie Darro
James 'Jimmie' Smith
Dudley Digges
Thompson
Arthur Byron
Judge H.J. Gilbert
Allen Jenkins
Mike
Sheila Terry
Blonde with Mike
Robert Barrat
Fred Smith
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Archie Mayo's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Mayor of Hell is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
