Crime ·Drama · United States of America · 1933 · 1h 30m

The Mayor of Hell

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Director
Archie Mayo
Cast
James Cagney as Richard 'Patsy' Gargan Madge Evans as Dorothy Griffith Frankie Darro as James 'Jimmie' Smith Dudley Digges as Thompson Arthur Byron as Judge H.J. Gilbert Allen Jenkins as Mike
Crew
Barney McGill — Director of Photography Merritt B. Gerstad — Director of Photography Jack Killifer — Editor Edward Chodorov — Screenplay Islin Auster — Story Lucien Hubbard — Producer
Tagline

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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Mood & Themes
firejudgenurseyouth ganggangsolitary confinementjuvenile delinquentreformatorypre-codereform schoolrevoltsick child
Key Collaborators
Archie Mayo Director Barney McGill Director of Photography Merritt B. Gerstad Director of Photography Jack Killifer Editor Edward Chodorov Screenplay Islin Auster Story Lucien Hubbard Producer Edward Chodorov Producer Orry-Kelly Costume Design
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