Underworld (1927)

7	Listal rating
7.8	IMDB rating

Release date : 20 August 1927

Gangster (1), Silent (1), 1927 (1), Drama (1), Crime (1)

Description

Inspired gangster saga finds bank robber Bull Weed (Bancroft) befriending a genteel bum, known as Rolls Royce (Brook), and taking him into his gang. The bum has brains and soon makes Weed king of the underworld but there's jealousy when Weed's moll Feathers (Brent) falls for Royce. Climactic shootout set a standard for the genre

Directed by

Josef von Sternberg

Starring (View all) :

'Bull' Weed

'Feathers' McCoy

Rolls Royce Wensel

'Buck' Mulligan

Meg, Mulligan's Girl

'Slippy' Lewis

Paloma

Judge (uncredited)

Street Kid

'High Collar' Sam

Written by (View all) :

Charles Furthman

adaptation

Howard Hawks

scenario

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