Underworld
1927 ‧ Crime/Noir ‧ 1h 27m
7.5/10 · IMDb
87% · Rotten Tomatoes
Gangster kingpin Bull Weed (George Bancroft) rehabilitates his drunken lawyer, but complications arise when the lawyer falls for Bull's girlfriend.
Release date: August 20, 1927 (USA)
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Screenplay: Ben Hecht, Charles Furthman, Robert N. Lee, and more
Awards: Academy Award for Best Story
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Cinematography: Bert Glennon