Fresh
There's a wallop right through and yet the film retains romance, clicks not a little on comedy and even whitewashes itself with a 'moral.'
Variety Staff, Variety
Underworld
'Nobody helps me -- I help them!'
1927 · 1h 27m · NOT RATED
Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Josef von Sternberg
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Underworld
Overview
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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85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Largely through the competent work of Messrs. Bancroft and Brook, Mr. von Sternberg gives a better idea of his powers as a director.
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
Fresh
The film radiates total confidence in its own means and methods, and the themes are wholly Sternberg's.
Tony Rayns, Time Out
Fresh
The first full-fledged gangster movie and still an effective mood piece.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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