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Underworld

Underworld

'Nobody helps me -- I help them!'

19277.01h 27m

Overview

Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.

Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Written by Ben Hecht, Charles Furthman, Robert N. Lee
Produced by Hector Turnbull
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Top Cast

George Bancroft

George Bancroft

Bull Weed

Evelyn Brent

Evelyn Brent

Feathers

Clive Brook

Clive Brook

Rolls Royce

Fred Kohler

Fred Kohler

Buck Mulligan

Helen Lynch

Helen Lynch

Mulligan's Girl

Larry Semon

Larry Semon

Slippy Lewis

Jerry Mandy

Jerry Mandy

Paloma

Alfred Allen

Alfred Allen

Judge (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Shep Houghton

Street Kid (uncredited)

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Andy MacLennan

Laughing Man at the Ball (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

death sentenceprison escaperevengeorganized crimealcoholicsilent film

About Underworld

Underworld is a drama, crime, romance film released in 1927 exploring themes of death sentence, prison escape, revenge, organized crime, alcoholic, silent film. Directed by Josef von Sternberg, it stars George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook. Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.

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