Underworld
“'Nobody helps me -- I help them!'”
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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Cast
14 people
George Bancroft
Bull Weed
Known for
Stagecoach
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Evelyn Brent
Feathers
Known for
The Last Command
The Seventh Victim
Clive Brook
Rolls Royce
Known for
Shanghai Express
Cavalcade
Fred Kohler
Buck Mulligan
Known for
The Iron Horse
Helen Lynch
Mulligan's Girl
Also in
The Return of Grey Wolf
Smouldering Fires
Larry Semon
Slippy Lewis
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
Jerry Mandy
Paloma
Also in
The Doorway to Hell
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Alfred Allen
Judge (uncredited)
Also in
White Tiger
The Grub Stake
Shep Houghton
Street Kid (uncredited)
Also in
The Dawn Patrol
Moonrise
Andy MacLennan
Laughing Man at the Ball (uncredited)
Also in
The Blackbird
London After Midnight
Ida May
Laughing Woman at the Ball (uncredited)
Also in
The Wedding March
Love and Learn
Karl Morse
High Collar Sam (uncredited)
Josef von Sternberg Director · Robert N. Lee Screenplay Howard Hawks Screenplay
United States release August 20, 1927 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
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United States
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English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Canada · August 20, 1927
Theatrical
United States · August 20, 1927
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States · August 24, 2010
Physical · DVD
United States
October 29, 1927 · Theatrical
October 8, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
Hungary
January 3, 1929 · Theatrical · Budapest, Décsi mozi és Omnia mozgóképpalota
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