Underworld (1927)

  • NR
  • 08/20/1927 (US)
  • 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.

Ben Hecht

Story

Josef von Sternberg

Director, Writer

Charles Furthman

Writer

Robert N. Lee

Writer

George Marion Jr.

Writer

Howard Hawks

Writer

Cast

George Bancroft's headshot

George Bancroft

Bull Weed
Evelyn Brent's headshot

Evelyn Brent

Feathers McCoy
Clive Brook's headshot

Clive Brook

Rolls Royce Wensel
Fred Kohler's headshot

Fred Kohler

Buck Mulligan
Helen Lynch's headshot

Helen Lynch

Meg, Mulligan's Girl
Larry Semon's headshot

Larry Semon

Slippy Lewis
Jerry Mandy's headshot

Jerry Mandy

Paloma
Alfred Allen's headshot

Alfred Allen

Judge (uncredited)

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