The Mayor of Hell
6.9
“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.
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Cast
48 people
James Cagney
Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
Known for
White Heat
One, Two, Three
George Offerman Jr.
Charlie
Madge Evans
Dorothy Griffith
Known for
David Copperfield
Dinner at Eight
Frankie Darro
James 'Jimmie' Smith
Known for
Wild Boys of the Road
Operation Petticoat
Dudley Digges
Thompson
Known for
The Invisible Man
Mutiny on the Bounty
Arthur Byron
Judge H.J. Gilbert
Known for
The Mummy
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Allen Jenkins
Mike
Known for
Top Cat
Pillow Talk
Sheila Terry
Blonde with Mike
Also in
'Neath the Arizona Skies
The Lawless Frontier
Robert Barrat
Fred Smith
Known for
Captain Blood
Distant Drums
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway
Also in
Lazy Days
Pups Is Pups
Harold Huber
Joe
Known for
The Thin Man
San Francisco
Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Smith
Known for
The Woman in the Window
Saboteur
Archie Mayo Director · Edward Chodorov Screenplay Islin Auster Story
Budget $229K · United States release June 24, 1933 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$229,000
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian · Yiddish
Release dates
United States · June 24, 1933
Theatrical
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