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Underworld 

(Underworld)


Director: Josef von Sternberg, b/w, 80 mins
USA 1927

"Underworld", Josef von Sternberg's first big hit in the United States, is a tense and wonderfully acted silent gangster movie, which has not lost any of its style and lustre. In 1927 writer Ben Hecht received for this story the first Academy Award for Original Screenplay.

Category Feature
Language Silent
Director Josef von Sternberg
Screenplay Ben Hecht, Charles Furthmann
Cast George Bancroft, Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent
Production Paramount
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