King of the Underworld

1939
Approved
1h 7min

VALUTAZIONE IMDb

6,4/10

1686

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.

Riproduci trailer1: 27

1 video

22 foto

Crime Drama Romance

Dopo l'uccisione di suo marito da parte del fuoco amico durante un raid della polizia, la dottoressa Carole Nelson cerca di trovare il gangster Joe Gurney per riabilitare il suo nome con la ... Leggi tuttoDopo l'uccisione di suo marito da parte del fuoco amico durante un raid della polizia, la dottoressa Carole Nelson cerca di trovare il gangster Joe Gurney per riabilitare il suo nome con la commissione medica.Dopo l'uccisione di suo marito da parte del fuoco amico durante un raid della polizia, la dottoressa Carole Nelson cerca di trovare il gangster Joe Gurney per riabilitare il suo nome con la commissione medica.

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

VALUTAZIONE IMDb

6,4/10

1686

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

Video1

Trailer 1:27

Original Theatrical Trailer

Foto22

+ 16

‘Snow White’ Stars Test Their Wits

Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, and director Marc Webb take our Ultimate Disney Quiz.

Watch now

9:57

Altri elementi simili

6,3

La bolgia dei vivi

6,5

San Quentin

6,3

Il circo insanguinato

6,7

Strisce invisibili

6,6

It All Came True

6,4

Il terrore dell'Ovest

6,8

Il giuramento dei forzati

6,8

La seconda signora Carroll

7,2

Strada maestra

7,2

L'uomo di bronzo

5,7

Il ritorno del dottor X

7,0

Le belve della città

Trama

Modifica

Lo sapevi?

Modifica

Quiz
Humphrey Bogart was given top billing, in part, to further humiliate Kay Francis, whose $200,000 annual salary and declining popularity had become a sore spot for Warner boss Jack L. Warner. Aware of the motives, Bogie was unhappy that he was being used as a pawn in order to humiliate Francis in front of the public that had once admired her. After years of struggling as a relatively-unknown actor in B-films, he considered achieving his second top billing this way to be more salt in the wound. (He had been top billed in Black Legion two years earlier.)

Blooper
As the film progresses, it seems the main reason why Carole (Kay Francis) wants revenge on Joe (Humphrey Bogart), the death of her husband, is completely forgotten. Instead, the focus becomes Carole saving her new love interest Bill from Joe and the gang.

Initial motivations often evolve in movies (as in life itself); this type of change does not constitute a Goof.

Citazioni
Bill Stevens: What you want is a ghost writer.
Joe Gurney: Nah no mystery stuff, just plain facts.

Connessioni
Featured in Hollywood and the Stars: The Man Called Bogart (1963)

Colonne sonore
Jezebel
(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played when Joe receives the telephone call before the operation

Recensioni degli utenti34

Recensione in evidenza

7/10

Strong Role for 30's Women & Goofy Gangsters, Bogart a Charming Cliché

Quickly Made Gangster Movie with Kay Francis vs Humphrey Bogart Central to the Thin Plot. Bogey is a Stereotypical Bully with a Moronic Sense of Humor and an Ego to Match His Hero "Napoleon". Kay Francis, on the other hand is Anything but Stereotypical for the Era.

She Plays a Strong Female Doctor having to use Her Wits and Wiles to Save Her Career and Her Determination and Intelligence is a Refreshing Role for Her Gender in the 1930's.

She is Totally Believable in the Part and Matching Her is Bogey's Goofy Gangster and somehow the Bogart Character comes across as a Likable, Brainless Thug like something in a Cartoon.

Overall, some Side Characters like Kay's Mother tend to Grate the Nerves and a couple of Bogart's Gang are very Dated Stock Gangsters. The Film is Entertaining and Enjoyable while Not in the same League as the Best WB Crime Films of the Thirties.

It's a Short, Fast Paced and Compact Movie with enough Playful Panache to Pass as a Lighter than Usual Look at some of the Clichés of the Genre.