The Secret Six (1931) is an early gangster movie starring Wallace Beery as "Slaughterhouse Scorpio," a character very loosely based on Al Capone, and featuring Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown (billed as "John Mack Brown"), Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, and Ralph Bellamy. The film was written by Frances Marion and directed by George W. Hill for MGM.
Bootlegger/cafe owner Ralph Bellamy recruits crude working man Wallace Beery to join his gang which is masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Lewis Stone. Beery eventually takes over Bellamy's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of 6 masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair with the help of rival crusading newspapermen Clark Gable and Johnny Mack Brown. Waitress Jean Harlow is torn between her love for the honest newsman Brown and her financial dependence on her generous boss, Beery. Written by Sandra Bockelman
