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Underworld
“'Nobody helps me -- I help them!'”
7.0 / 10• 1927• 1h 27m•NR• English
DramaCrimeRomance
Storyline
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
Cast & Crew
George Bancroft
Bull Weed
Lead
Evelyn Brent
Feathers
Clive Brook
Rolls Royce
Fred Kohler
Buck Mulligan
Helen Lynch
Mulligan's Girl
Larry Semon
Slippy Lewis
Jerry Mandy
Paloma
Alfred Allen
Judge (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Josef von Sternberg's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Underworld is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
