Underworld

Underworld (1927)

20/08/1927
Drama, Crime, Romance
1h 27m

'Nobody helps me -- I help them!'

Overview

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

  • Josef von SternbergDirector, Writer
  • Charles FurthmanWriter
  • Robert N. LeeWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • death sentence
  • prison escape
  • revenge
  • organized crime
  • alcoholic
  • silent film

Top Billed Cast

George Bancroft

George Bancroft

Bull Weed

Evelyn Brent

Evelyn Brent

Feathers McCoy

Clive Brook

Clive Brook

Rolls Royce Wensel

Fred Kohler

Fred Kohler

Buck Mulligan

Helen Lynch

Helen Lynch

Meg, 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)

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