The Mayor of Hell
Rips the Lid from an Inferno of Human Passions!
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.
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Keyword: fire, judge, nurse, youth gang, gang, solitary confinement, juvenile delinquent, reformatory, pre-code, reform school, revolt, sick child, reformer, racketeer, escape attempt, mob justice, self government, child mistreatment, kindly guard
- Cast: James Cagney, Madge Evans, Frankie Darro, Dudley Digges, Arthur Byron, Allen Jenkins