Underworld

Underworld

'Nobody helps me -- I help them!'

NR 1927 · 87 min · ★ 7.1 · Drama, Crime, Romance

Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.

Directed by Josef von Sternberg · Written by Ben Hecht

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