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Underworld (also released as Paying the Penalty) is a 1927 American silent crime film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent and George Bancroft. The film launched Sternberg's eight-year collaboration with Paramount Pictures, with whom he would produce his seven films with actress Marlene Dietrich.
Underworld: Directed by Josef von Sternberg, Arthur Rosson. With George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Fred Kohler. Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
Aug 13, 2021 · With its supple, endlessly expressive camera work and tightly wound screenplay based on a story by legendary scribe Ben Hecht (who won an Oscar for it the first year the awards were given), Underworld solidified von Sternberg’s place as one of Hollywood’s most exciting new talents.
- 82 min
With its supple, endlessly expressive camera work and tightly wound screenplay based on a story by legendary scribe Ben Hecht (who won an Oscar for it the first year the awards were given), Underworld solidified von Sternberg’s place as one of Hollywood’s most exciting new talents.
- Bull Weed
"Bull" Weed, the uncrowned king of the underworld, during a getaway from a bank robbery, meets a bum on the streetcorner whom he later adopts as "Rolls Royce," a member of the gang, and whose gentility is a source of pride to Bull.
- Josef Von Sternberg
- George Bancroft
Starring: George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Fred Kohler. Release: 8/1927 Duration: 80'. The first commercial success directed by Josef von Sternberg, which established gangster films as a new genre. Click here to watch the film IMDb.
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Overview. Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
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