The Secret Six
For the DC comic book see Secret Six (comics).
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| Directed by | George W. Hill |
| Produced by | George W. Hill Irving Thalberg |
| Written by | Frances Marion |
| Starring | Wallace Beery Lewis Stone John Mack Brown Jean Harlow Clark Gable Ralph Bellamy Marjorie Rambeau |
| Cinematography | Harold Wenstrom |
| Editing by | Blanche Sewell |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | April 18, 1931 |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Secret Six is a fast-paced 1931 Pre-Code crime film starring Wallace Beery as "Slaughterhouse Scorpio", a character very loosely based on Al Capone, and featuring Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Marjorie Rambeau and Ralph Bellamy. The film was written by Frances Marion and directed by George W. Hill for MGM.
[edit] Cast (in credits order)
- Wallace Beery as Louis 'Louie' Scorpio
- Lewis Stone as Richard 'Newt' Newton
- John Mack Brown as Hank Rogers
- Jean Harlow as Anne Courtland
- Marjorie Rambeau as Peaches
- Paul Hurst as Nick 'The Gouger' Mizoski
- Clark Gable as Carl Luckner
- Ralph Bellamy as Johnny Franks
- John Miljan as Smiling Joe Colimo
- DeWitt Jennings as Chief Donlin
- Murray Kinnell as 'Dummy' Metz (alias of Fink)
- Fletcher Norton as Jimmy Delano
- Louis Natheaux as Eddie
- Frank McGlynn Sr. as Judge
- Theodore Von Eltz as District Attorney Keeler
- Lynton Brent ... Reporter (uncredited)
- Charles Giblyn ... Mr. Simms - Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
- Joseph W. Girard ... Official (uncredited)
- Tom London ... Blackjacking Gangster (uncredited)
- George Magrill ... Police Guard at Jailhouse (uncredited)
- Lee Phelps ... Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
- Oscar Rudolph ... Ivan Colimo (uncredited)
- Hector Sarno ... Finko (uncredited)
- Carol Tevis ... Manicurist (uncredited)
- Walter Walker ... Onlooker in Courtroom (uncredited)
- S.D. Wilcox ... Protesting Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
[edit] Production
Beery and Gable would work together twice more, in Hell Divers the same year, in which Gable was billed second to Beery and had a role almost as large, and China Seas, also with Harlow, four years later. By 1935, both Gable and Harlow were billed over Beery, with all three listed above the title. Harlow and Gable were to make six movies together before her untimely death.
[edit] External links
- The Secret Six at the Internet Movie Database
- The Secret Six at AllRovi
- The Secret Six at the TCM Movie Database
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