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The Secret Six (1931)

The Secret Six poster
Directed by
George W. Hill
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bootlegger rises to power in a corrupt city. A group of citizens forms a secret organization to fight back against his criminal empire.

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What happens

The Secret Six is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film starring Wallace Beery as "Slaughterhouse Scorpio", a character very loosely based on Al Capone, and featuring Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Marjorie Rambeau and Ralph Bellamy. The film was written by Frances Marion and directed by George W. Hill for MGM. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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