Louis Wolheim delivers an excellent performance as the unsavory "Scarsi" in this gangster film. He and his associates dominate the city’s profitable illegal bootlegging and gambling operations, resorting to violence when persuasion or bribery fails—until Police Captain “McQuigg” (Thomas Meighan) appears on the scene. At first, the criminals hold all the power; through strategic political and judicial connections, "Sc…