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The Mayor of Hell

Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the state reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed deputy commissioner as a political favor, arrives - complete with hip flask and blonde. Gargan falls for activist nurse Dorothy and, inspired by her, takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. But Thompson, to conceal his years of graft, needs a quick way to discredit Gargan.

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James Cagney
Patsy
Madge Evans
Dorothy
Arthur Byron
Judge Gilbert

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Awards

  • 1933 - Photoplay Award - Best Pictures of the Month (August) - winner
  • 1933 - Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (August) - winner

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