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Underworld(Movie, 1927)

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| 1h 27min | Genres: Drama, Crime, Romance / Love
UnderworldRating: 3.6/5 (with 3030 votes)
Underworld (also released as Paying the Penalty) is a 1927 American silent crime film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent and George Bancroft. The film launched Sternberg's eight-year collaboration with Paramount Pictures, with whom he would produce his seven films with actress Marlene Dietrich. Journalist and screenwriter Ben Hecht won an Academy Award for Best Original Story. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Underworld

Academy Award for Best Story Academy Award for Best Story

About Underworld

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 10 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 08/20/1927
Director of Photography: Bert Glennon
Composer: Robert Israel
Costume designer: Travis Banton
Production Designer: Hans Dreier
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Le Notti di Chicago"
"암흑가"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: Underworld (US, 1937), Underworld (GB, 1985), Underworld (US, 1996), Underworld (DE/HU/GB/US, 2003)

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