The Mayor of Hell
“Rips the Lid from an Inferno of Human Passions!”
Synopsis
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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Edited by Jack KilliferShot by Barney Mcgill
Box Office
1933 · Box office
Produced on a $229K budget
Production budget
$229K
Also known as
- Por el mal caminoes
- Le Bataillon des sans-amourfr
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Cast & Crew
52 unique people credited
Top billed cast
James Cagney
as Patsy
Madge Evans
as Dorothy
Arthur Byron
as Judge Gilbert
Frankie Darro
as James 'Jimmie' Smith
Allen Jenkins
as Mike
Dudley Digges
as Thompson
Sheila Terry
as Blonde with Mike
Robert Barrat
as Fred Smith
Allen Farina Hoskins
as Smoke
Harold Huber
as Joe
Dorothy Peterson
as Mrs. Smith
G Pat Collins
as Brandon
Supporting cast
35Edwin Maxwell
as Louis Johnson
John Marston
as Hopkins
William V Mong
as Mr. Walters
Mickey Bennett
as Butch Kilgore
Sidney Miller
as Isidore "Izzy" Horowitz
Hobart Cavanaugh
as Mr. Gorman
George Humbert
as Mr. Carmonotti
Raymond Borzage
as Johnny 'Skinny' Stone
George Offerman Jr
as Charlie Burns
Charles E Cane
as Tommy Gorman
Beaudine Anderson
as Boy (uncredited)
James Donlan
as Sam (uncredited)
Sam Finn
as Joe's Henchman (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr
as Guard Taking Jimmy to Thompson (uncredited)
Gladden James
as Car Owner Paying 25¢ (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
as Bill (uncredited)
Wallace Macdonald
as Man in Johnson's Office (uncredited)
Larry Mcgrath
as Johnston's Assistant (uncredited)
Jack Mchugh
as Boy Prosecutor (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as Joe's Henchman Playing Cards (uncredited)
Adrian Morris
as Car Owner Refusing to Pay (uncredited)
Frank O Connor
as Cop in Court (uncredited)
Henry Otho
as Guard in School Armory (uncredited)
Bob Perry
as Collector (uncredited)
Hector V Sarno
as Hollis (uncredited)
Andy Shuford
as Boy Judge (uncredited)
William H Strauss
as Mr. Horowitz (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
as Collector (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Fred Snowflake Toones
as Mr. Hemingway (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
as Guard (uncredited)
Huey White
as Joe's Henchman (uncredited)
Charles Cahill Wilson
as Wilson (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
as Joe's Henchman (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert
as Mrs. Burns (uncredited)
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