Underworld

Underworld

★ 7.1IMDb Score
Released:1927-08-20
Duration:87 min
Director:Josef von Sternberg
Actors:George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Fred Kohler, Helen Lynch
Production:Paramount Pictures

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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