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Black Legion (1937)
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When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence. |
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| Humphrey Bogart | ... |
Frank Taylor
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Dick Foran | ... |
Ed Jackson
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Erin O'Brien-Moore | ... |
Ruth Taylor
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| Ann Sheridan | ... |
Betty Grogan
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Helen Flint | ... |
Pearl Davis
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Joe Sawyer | ... |
Cliff Moore
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Clifford Soubier | ... |
Mike Grogan
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Alonzo Price | ... |
Alf Hargrave
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Paul Harvey | ... |
Billings
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Dickie Jones | ... |
Buddy Taylor
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Samuel S. Hinds | ... |
Judge
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Addison Richards | ... |
Prosecuting Attorney
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Eddie Acuff | ... |
Metcalf
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Dorothy Vaughan | ... |
Mrs. Grogan
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John Litel | ... |
Tommy Smith
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Frank Taylor joins the "pro-American" Black Legion when he loses his chance at foremanship to a foreign-born man. The organization is a sort of Ku Klux Klan in the industrial sphere. Frank has troubles with his wife over this and causes serious trouble when he tells all to his best friend Ed Jackson. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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Geheimbund 'Schwarze Legion' See more »Box Office
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Frank Taylor: [reading the Black Legion oath] In the name of God and the Devil, one to reward and the other to punish, and by the powers of light and darkness, good and evil, here under the black arch of Heaven's avenging symbol, I pledge and consecrate my heart, my brain, my body, and my limbs and swear by all the powers of Heaven and Hell to devote my life to the obedience of my superiors and that no danger or peril shall deter me from executin' dere orders...
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(uncredited)
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Banned in Austria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Finland, Trinidad and France. The ban in France was lifted after a year, and it opened to extremely negative reviews. Australian and British release versions were heavily censored. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When the Legion trusses Mike Grogan to the tree branch before flogging him, in the shot from the front both of his arms are fully extended from the branch. However, in the shot from behind, his right wrist is strapped to the branch with his arm bent at the crook of the elbow. See more »Quotes
Cliff Moore: Read!Frank Taylor: [reading the Black Legion oath] In the name of God and the Devil, one to reward and the other to punish, and by the powers of light and darkness, good and evil, here under the black arch of Heaven's avenging symbol, I pledge and consecrate my heart, my brain, my body, and my limbs and swear by all the powers of Heaven and Hell to devote my life to the obedience of my superiors and that no danger or peril shall deter me from executin' dere orders...
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"I've Been Working on the Railroad"(uncredited)
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Sung a cappella by Helen Flint and Humphrey Bogart See more »
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