The Secret Six (1931)
Release Date: Apr 18, 1931 Wide
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Bootleggers Louis Scorpio (Wallace Beery) and Johnny Franks (Ralph Bellamy), with the advice of their alcoholic lawyer Richard Newton (Lewis Stone), try to muscle in on the territory of gangster "Smiling Joe" Colimo (John Miljan). Franks kills Colimo's brother and tries to frame Scorpio, but Scorpio kills both him and {Colimo}. Newspaper reporters Hank Rogers (Johnny Mack Brown) and Carl Luckner (Clark Gable) investigate with help from "The Secret Six," a consortium of businessmen eager to fight
Apr 18, 1931 Wide
Cast
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Wallace Beery
Louis Scorpio -
Johnny Mack Brown
Hank Rogers -
Jean Harlow
Anne Courtland -
Marjorie Rambeau
Peaches -
Paul Hurst
Nick Mizoski the Gou... -
Clark Gable
Carl Luckner -
Ralph Bellamy
Johnny Franks -
John Miljan
Smiling Joe Colimo -
DeWitt Jennings
Chief Donlin -
Murray Kinnell
Dummy Metz -
Fletcher Norton
Jimmy Delano -
Louis Natheaux
Eddie -
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Judge -
Tom London
Hood -
Lewis Stone
Richard Newton -
Theodore von Eltz
District Attorney
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The first pairing of Gable and Harlow is the highlight of this so-so film.
Rising star Clark Gable impressed the MGM studio bosses so much in this gangster pic, they gave him a long-term contract.
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