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Underworld
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Underworld is a 1927 American silent crime drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and produced by B. P. Schulberg. The screenplay was written by Howard Hawks and Robert N. Lee, with cinematography by Bert Glennon. The cast features George Bancroft, Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent, and Larry Semon. The narrative is set in Chicago, which also served as the filming location. The production company was Paramount Pictures, and the film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix.
The film is presented in black-and-white with an aspect ratio of 4:3. It has a runtime of 87 minutes according to TMDb and 80 minutes according to IMDb. The original language is English. The plot involves themes of organized crime, death sentence, prison escape, and revenge. The film received the Academy Award for Best Story and was nominated for the same award. It has an IMDb rating of 7.5 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 90%.
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7.0Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
Cast
- George Bancroft as Bull Weed
- Evelyn Brent as Feathers
- Clive Brook as Rolls Royce
- Fred Kohler as Buck Mulligan
- Helen Lynch as Mulligan's Girl
- Larry Semon as Slippy Lewis
Themes
- death sentence
- prison escape
- revenge
- organized crime
- alcoholic
- silent film
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
3,758 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
- Year
- 1927
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Main subject
- organized crime
- Director
- Josef von Sternberg
- Screenwriter
- Robert N. Lee
- Cast member
- Helen Lynch
- Composer
- Robert Israel
- Producer
- B. P. Schulberg
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Bert Glennon
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 653829
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Underworld-1927.jpg
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- publication date
- 1927-10-29
- title
- Underworld
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Story
- production designer
- Hans Dreier
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Travis Banton
- Commons category
- Underworld (1927 film)
- distributed by
- Netflix
- copyright status
- public domain
- review score
- 89%
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