The Mayor of Hell
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.
Keywords:
Fire
Judge
Nurse
Youth gang
Gang
Solitary confinement
Juvenile delinquent
Reformatory
Pre-code
Reform school
Revolt
Sick child
Reformer
Racketeer
Escape attempt
Mob justice
Self government
Child mistreatment
Kindly guard
Movie tag line: "Rips the Lid from an Inferno of Human Passions!"
