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King of the Underworld
Don't kill this killer! Bring him back alive!
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.
- Original title
- King of the Underworld
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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Jun 22, 2022 · via TMDB
When one of his boys is saved by a young doctor, gangster "Joe" (Humphrey Bogart) pays the man a visit and thanks him with $500 and a promise (threat?) of future work. It's at one such consultation that the police swoop, the young man is killed in the melee and his now widow, fellow doctor, "Carole" (Kay Francis) is suspected of complicity. Though acquitted in court, she is given three months to prove her innocence or face being struck off as a physician - and that means she must do a bit of detective work of her own. It's not the most plausible of stories this. The involvement of James Stevenson ("Bill") as a latter day wandering minstrel doesn't help on that front and the ending is really pretty daft, but Bogart adds a charming degree of (very mild) menace to his Napoleon-obsessed character and Kay Francis, though hardly challenged any of this, still has a star quality to bring to the proceedings. Not great, no - but an enjoyable enough hour of cinema.
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Humphrey Bogart
Joe Gurney
Kay Francis
Dr. Carole Nelson
James Stephenson
Bill Stevens
John Eldredge
Dr. Niles Nelson
Jessie Busley
Aunt Josephine
Arthur Aylesworth
Dr. Sanders
Harland Tucker
Mr. Ames
Charley Foy
Slick
Murray Alper
Eddie
Joe Devlin
Porky
Elliott Sullivan
Mugsy
John Harmon
Slats
John Ridgely
Jerry
Richard Bond
Interne
Pierre Watkin
District Attorney
Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Ryan
Edwin Stanley
Dr. Jacobs
Sherwood Bailey
Boy (uncredited)
Clem Bevans
Villager #3 (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Bert - the Farmer (uncredited)
Nat Carr
Second Villager (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Deputy Shooting Bill (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Police Detective (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
First Policeman (uncredited)
William Gould
Chief of Police (uncredited)
John Harron
G-Man (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Chic - a Gangster (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Clem (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr.
Second Policeman (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Doorman (uncredited)
Mickey Kuhn
Young Boy (uncredited)
Jack Mower
G-Man (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Gangster (uncredited)
Richard Quine
Medical Student (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
Townsman Running (uncredited)
Ann Robinson
Second Nurse (uncredited)
Janet Shaw
Blonde Nurse (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
First Villager (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Gangster (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Deputy (uncredited)
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Lewis Seiler
Director
Heinz Roemheld
Original Music Composer
Vincent Sherman
Screenplay
W.R. Burnett
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