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The Mayor of Hell (1933)

The Mayor of Hell (1933)

Drama Crime

Rips the Lid from an Inferno of Human Passions!

Release Date: 1933, June 24
Directors: Archie Mayo
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Sam Finn, Adrian Morris, Bert Moorhouse, Frank O'Connor, Charles Sullivan, Charles C. Wilson, Hobart Cavanaugh, Henry Otho, Frankie Darro, Harry Wilson, Wilfred Lucas, Sailor Vincent

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.

Keywords:

nurse judge remade juvenile delinquent gang fire revolt sick child kids on their own solitary confinement youth gang mob justice reform school pre-code self government escape attempt reformatory racketeer child mistreatment reformer kindly guard