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The Mayor of Hell (1933)

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.
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Archie Mayo profile
Archie Mayo

Director

Edward Chodorov profile
Edward Chodorov

Screenplay

Cast

James Cagney profile
James Cagney

Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

Madge Evans profile
Madge Evans

Dorothy Griffith

Frankie Darro profile
Frankie Darro

James 'Jimmie' Smith

Dudley Digges profile
Dudley Digges

Thompson

Arthur Byron profile
Arthur Byron

Judge H.J. Gilbert

Allen Jenkins profile
Allen Jenkins

Mike

Sheila Terry profile
Sheila Terry

Blonde with Mike

Robert Barrat profile
Robert Barrat

Fred Smith

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins profile
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway

Harold Huber profile
Harold Huber

Joe

Dorothy Peterson profile
Dorothy Peterson

Mrs. Smith

G. Pat Collins profile
G. Pat Collins

Brandon

James Cagney profile
James Cagney

Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

Madge Evans profile
Madge Evans

Dorothy Griffith

Frankie Darro profile
Frankie Darro

James 'Jimmie' Smith

Dudley Digges profile
Dudley Digges

Thompson

Arthur Byron profile
Arthur Byron

Judge H.J. Gilbert

Allen Jenkins profile
Allen Jenkins

Mike

Sheila Terry profile
Sheila Terry

Blonde with Mike

Robert Barrat profile
Robert Barrat

Fred Smith

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins profile
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway

Harold Huber profile
Harold Huber

Joe

Dorothy Peterson profile
Dorothy Peterson

Mrs. Smith

G. Pat Collins profile
G. Pat Collins

Brandon

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Release Date

June 24, 1933

Original Language

English, French, Italian, Yiddish

Budget

$229,000.00

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures logo

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