The Mayor of Hell

Name: The Mayor of Hell
Director: Archie Mayo
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1933-06-24
Duration: 90 min
Cast: James Cagney, Madge Evans, Frankie Darro, Dudley Digges, Arthur Byron

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1933 · 90 min · NR · Crime · Drama · TMDB 7.0/10

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.

Directed by Archie Mayo

Cast

James Cagney — Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
Madge Evans — Dorothy Griffith
Frankie Darro — James 'Jimmie' Smith
Dudley Digges — Thompson
Arthur Byron — Judge H.J. Gilbert