Underworld (1927 film)

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Underworld (1927 film) is a landmark silent gangster film directed by Josef von Sternberg that helped establish the crime genre in early American cinema.

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instanceOf gangster film ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Story ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Ben Hecht ⓘ
basedOn original story by Ben Hecht ⓘ
character Bull Weed ⓘ
Feathers McCoy ⓘ
Rolls Royce ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Motors
cinematographer Bert Glennon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Josef von Sternberg ⓘ
distributedIn United States ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor E. Lloyd Sheldon ⓘ
filmEra silent era ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
format black-and-white ⓘ
genre crime ⓘ
gangster ⓘ
hasFilmTechnique expressionistic lighting ⓘ
location shooting ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Little Caesar (1931 film) ⓘ
linked to: Little Caesar

Scarface (1932 film) ⓘ
The Public Enemy (1931 film) ⓘ
hasTheme loyalty and betrayal ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
hasType narrative feature ⓘ
includedIn early American gangster cinema ⓘ
musicBy Hugo Riesenfeld ⓘ
notableFor helping establish the gangster film genre in American cinema ⓘ
influential depiction of organized crime in silent era ⓘ
originalLanguage Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ
partOf American silent cinema ⓘ
producer B. P. Schulberg ⓘ
productionCompany Famous Players–Lasky Corporation ⓘ
releaseDate 1927-08-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1927 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 81 ⓘ
screenwriter Ben Hecht ⓘ
Charles Furthman ⓘ
Robert N. Lee ⓘ
setting Chicago ⓘ
starring Clive Brook ⓘ
Evelyn Brent ⓘ
Fred Kohler ⓘ
George Bancroft ⓘ

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