The Mayor of Hell

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.

Cast

James Cagney

Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

Madge Evans

Dorothy Griffith

Frankie Darro

James 'Jimmie' Smith

Dudley Digges

Thompson

Arthur Byron

Judge H.J. Gilbert