The Mayor of Hell

"Rips the Lid from an Inferno of Human Passions!"

Jun 24 1933 Approved 1h 30m
Crime, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Edward Chodorov, Islin Auster

Directed by

Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

Français, English, Italiano

Awards

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