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Underworld
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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.
Released: 1927-08-2087 minDir: Josef von SternbergDrama, Crime, Romance
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
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 653829
- Image
- Underworld-1927.jpg
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- publication date
- 1927-10-29
- title
- Underworld
- Commons category
- Underworld (1927 film)
- review score
- 89%
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Categories
1927 American films1927 crime drama films1927 English-language films1927 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican gangster filmsAmerican silent crime drama filmsAmerican silent feature filmsEnglish-language crime drama filmsFilm noirFilms about organized crime in the United StatesFilms directed by Josef von SternbergFilms produced by B. P. SchulbergFilms set in ChicagoFilms shot in ChicagoFilms that won the Academy Award for Best StoryFilms with screenplays by Ben HechtParamount Pictures filmsSurviving American silent filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date