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Underworld

Underworld

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Underworld

"'Nobody helps me -- I help them!'"

1927

1h 27m

7.0(92 votes)

Drama

Crime

Romance

Overview

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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Paramount Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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)

Andy MacLennan

Laughing Man at the Ball (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Josef von Sternberg
Written by: Ben Hecht
Robert N. Lee
Produced by: Hector Turnbull

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