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The Mayor of Hell

The Mayor of Hell

Rips the Lid from an Inferno of Human Passions!

19337.11h 30m

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
Written by Islin Auster, Edward Chodorov
Produced by Edward Chodorov, Lucien Hubbard
Box OfficeBudget: $229K0

Top Cast

James Cagney

James Cagney

Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

Madge Evans

Madge Evans

Dorothy Griffith

Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro

James 'Jimmie' Smith

Dudley Digges

Dudley Digges

Thompson

Arthur Byron

Arthur Byron

Judge H.J. Gilbert

Allen Jenkins

Allen Jenkins

Mike

Sheila Terry

Sheila Terry

Blonde with Mike

Robert Barrat

Robert Barrat

Fred Smith

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Joliet "Smoke" Hemingway

Harold Huber

Harold Huber

Joe

Themes & Keywords

firejudgenurseyouth ganggangsolitary confinementjuvenile delinquentreformatorypre-codereform schoolrevoltsick childreformerracketeerescape attemptkids on their ownmob justiceself governmentchild mistreatmentkindly guardremade

About The Mayor of Hell

The Mayor of Hell is a crime, drama film released in 1933 exploring themes of fire, judge, nurse, youth gang, gang, solitary confinement. Directed by Archie Mayo, it stars James Cagney, Madge Evans, Frankie Darro. 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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