|
Underworld (1927)
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend. |
Watch it
Buy it from
Amazon »
Won Oscar.
See more awards »
Edit
Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
|
George Bancroft | ... |
'Bull' Weed
|
| Evelyn Brent | ... |
'Feathers' McCoy
|
|
|
|
Clive Brook | ... |
Rolls Royce Wensel
|
|
|
Fred Kohler | ... |
'Buck' Mulligan
|
|
|
Helen Lynch | ... |
Meg, Mulligan's Girl
|
|
|
Larry Semon | ... |
'Slippy' Lewis
|
|
|
Jerry Mandy | ... |
Paloma
|
Edit
Storyline
'Nobody helps me -- I help them!' boasts open-handed gangster Bull Weed, handing over what will prove to be the best investment in his high-spending career: a thousand dollars that will put the literate 'Rolls Royce' of vagrants back on his feet. Living it up in the Twenties with the aid of cool but smouldering moll Feathers, the Bull lords it over the law and his rivals alike -- specifically big Buck Mulligan, whose floral-tributes business echoes that of a certain real-life Chicago gangster... Yet Feathers, prize possession and object of envy, proves his weak point; and in the end, Bull Weed will indeed come to need help from others, and more than he has ever needed it before. But can Rolls Royce and Feathers still give it to him? And will the Bull accept? Written by Igenlode Wordsmith
Plot Summary | Add SynopsisParents Guide:
Add content advisory for parents »
Edit
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
USALanguage:
English (Intertitles)Release Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Paying the Penalty See more »Company Credits
Show detailed
company contact information on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
| Portugal: (director's cut)Sound Mix:
SilentColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
Edit
See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
The film was predicted to be a flop, was shelved by Paramount and eventually released in only one theater in New York. Screenwriter Ben Hecht demanded that his name was taken off the credits. As a result of strong word-of-mouth the movie became an enormous hit and won Hecht the first of his two Academy Awards. See more »Quotes
'Bull' Weed: [Referring to Rolls Royce] Look at him - Cost me a thousand - Looks like a million.See more »
Home
| Search
| Site Index
| In Theaters
| Coming Soon
| Top Movies
| MyMovies
| Top 250
| TV
| News
| Video
| Message Boards
| Press Room
Register
| 
RSS
| Advertising
| Contact Us
| Jobs
| IMDbPro
| IMDb Resume
| Box Office Mojo
| Withoutabox
| LOVEFiLM
IMDb Mobile:
iPhone/iPad
| Android
| Mobile site
| Windows Phone 7
| IMDb Social:
Facebook
| Twitter
International Sites: IMDb Germany
| IMDb Italy
| IMDb Spain
| IMDb France
| IMDb Portugal
Copyright © 1990-2012
IMDb.com, Inc.
Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.
An 
company.