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Underworld
1927 1h 27m Josef von Sternberg

Underworld

★ 7.5 IMDb
Crime Romance Drama
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
Writers Robert N. Lee, Howard Hawks
Cast George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Fred Kohler
DP Bert Glennon
Production Designer Hans Dreier
Music Robert Israel
Essays and Criticism
On Josef von Sternberg
Global Discoveries on DVD: Heroines, Heroes, Dogs, Filmmakers by Jonathan Rosenbaum, Cinema Scope Fun in a Chinese Laundry: Josef von Sternberg, the Filmmaker, the Memoirist and the Legendarium by Bart Versteirt, photogénie
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Awards & Festivals
Nominated Academy Award for Best Story
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