Underworld (Paying the Penalty) (1927)

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Directed by

Arthur Rosson

Josef von Sternberg

Starring (View all)

George Bancroft
'Bull' Weed

Evelyn Brent
'Feathers' McCoy

Clive Brook
Rolls Royce Wensel

Fred Kohler
'Buck' Mulligan

Helen Lynch
Meg, Mulligan's Girl

Larry Semon
'Slippy' Lewis

Jerry Mandy
Paloma

Alfred Allen
Judge

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Howard Hawks
scenario

Ben Hecht
story

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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

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