The Mayor of Hell (1933)

Directed by

Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A political appointee becomes the deputy commissioner of a corrupt reformatory for boys. He tries to fix the abusive system and give the kids a real chance.

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What happens

The Mayor of Hell is a 1933 American pre-Code film from Warner Bros. Pictures starring James Cagney. The film was remade in 1938 as Crime School with Humphrey Bogart taking over James Cagney's role and Hell's Kitchen with Ronald Reagan in 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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