Underworld
4.7
A young Southern college student falls for the charms of a female nightclub owner while on summer break in Chicago - and soon enough meets her club co-owner boyfriend and his gangster pals.
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Bee Freeman
Dinah Jackson
Also in
Murder In Harlem
Harlem After Midnight
Sol Johnson
Paul Bronson
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Oscar Micheaux
Director / Writer
Also in
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'Slick' Chester
LeRoy Giles
Also in
Harlem After Midnight
Murder In Harlem
Larry Seymour
Tim Sharkey
Also in
Swing!
Oscar Polk
Sam Brown
Known for
Gone with the Wind
Cabin in the Sky
Ethel Moses
Evelyn Martin
Also in
Birthright
God's Step Children
Amanda Randolph
The Rooming House Maid
Also in
The Black Network
Amos 'n' Andy
Lorenzo Tucker
Detective Sergeant
Also in
Wages of Sin
Veiled Aristocrats
Willie Kew
Sing Lee
No other roles listed
Clara Bell Powell
Anna Mae Fritz
Sam's mother [uncredited]
Oscar Micheaux Director · Edna Mae Baker Story Lester Lang Cinematographer
United States release September 1, 1937 · Produced in United States · Production Micheaux Picture Corporation
Production
Sack Amusement Enterprises
Production · Distribution
Micheaux Picture Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 1, 1937
Theatrical
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