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King of the Underworld

  • 1939
  • Approved
  • 1h 7min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,4/10
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Humphrey Bogart in King of the Underworld (1939)
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.
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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.

  • Regia
    • Lewis Seiler
  • Sceneggiatura
    • George Bricker
    • Vincent Sherman
    • W.R. Burnett
  • Star
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Kay Francis
    • James Stephenson
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,4/10
    1724
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Lewis Seiler
    • Sceneggiatura
      • George Bricker
      • Vincent Sherman
      • W.R. Burnett
    • Star
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • Kay Francis
      • James Stephenson
    • 35Recensioni degli utenti
    • 12Recensioni della critica
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    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Joe Gurney
    Kay Francis
    Kay Francis
    • Carole Nelson
    James Stephenson
    James Stephenson
    • Bill Stevens
    John Eldredge
    John Eldredge
    • Niles Nelson
    Jessie Busley
    Jessie Busley
    • Aunt Josephine
    Arthur Aylesworth
    Arthur Aylesworth
    • Dr. Sanders
    Raymond Brown
    • Sheriff
    Harland Tucker
    • Mr. Ames
    Ralph Remley
    • Mr. Robert
    Charley Foy
    Charley Foy
    • Slick
    Murray Alper
    Murray Alper
    • Eddie
    Joe Devlin
    Joe Devlin
    • Porky
    Elliott Sullivan
    • Mugsy
    Alan Davis
    • Pete
    John Harmon
    • Slats
    John Ridgely
    John Ridgely
    • Jerry
    Richard Bond
    Richard Bond
    • Interne
    Pierre Watkin
    Pierre Watkin
    • District Attorney
    • Regia
      • Lewis Seiler
    • Sceneggiatura
      • George Bricker
      • Vincent Sherman
      • W.R. Burnett
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    6boblipton

    "You're in trouble. Serious Trouble."

    Once again, through no fault of her own, Kay Francis is in trouble and must get out of it through brains and determination. This time it's Bogey, doing a minor variation on Duke Mantee from PETRIFIED FOREST. As in most of Kay's vehicles from this period -- Warner's was pushing Bette Davis as their leading female star at this point -- everyone works hard and gives a performance that makes this hokey weeper watchable.
    6utgard14

    "I'm a moronic type."

    Decent remake of Dr. Socrates changes a few things, including the gender of the doctor. In the original it was the great Paul Muni. Here, it's Kay Francis. The real star of this film, however, is Humphrey Bogart. This was made during the period when Warner Bros. still had Bogie playing villainous gangster characters. This is one of the better movies that are considered "lesser" Bogart pictures. He's great fun in the role and steals every scene he's in. The plot is about a falsely-maligned female doctor (Francis) who sets out to prove her innocence by infiltrating Bogart's gang. There's a few holes in the plot but it's a short, smoothly-paced WB gangster flick so you don't really care that much. Just sit back and enjoy some good old fashioned popcorn entertainment.
    7LeonLouisRicci

    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.
    6alexanderdavies-99382

    A B programmer and not too bad.

    Humphrey Bogart was tiring of playing gangsters in film after film for "Warner Bros." and sought any kind of variation in such vehicles. In "King of the Underworld," his character has a Napoleon fixation and has aspirations to become just like him. The running time helps to keep this minor movie at a reasonable pace. Kay Francis was once a fairly big star but by 1939, her popularity had gone into decline. She is hardly remembered these days but she was a very capable performer. In this movie, she plays a doctor who has no choice but to leave her city practice and set up shop in the countryside. Bogart isn't quite his usual evil, sneering self and his scenes with Francis are quite good. The film doesn't rise above being ordinary but it isn't a terrible film by any means.
    5masonfisk

    THE ENDING HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED...!

    Humphrey Bogart stars in the Warner Bros. Crime melodrama from 1939. A husband & wife doctor team barely make do due the hubby's gambling habits. One night he's approached by one of Bogart's minions to patch up one of his wounded which he does gaining Bogart's favor which helps to elevate the doctors' status as they open up a private office & start living the good life. When the wife, played by Kay Francis, realizes where their good fortune is coming from, she admonishes her hubby, played by John Eldredge, only for him to go off to cater to another of Bogart's fallen which prompts Francis to follow him only to be corralled by a police sting where her hubby buys it. Francis is charged but is given a couple of weeks to prove her innocence (what?) so she follows Bogart's crew out to the sticks hoping the moment will come when he'll need her talents. Meanwhile Bogart meets up w/a out of work Brit novelist , played by James Stephenson, who he takes a fancy to (they share a love of Napoleon) so much so he contracts him to write his biography but when he gets hurt (Bogart's crew robs a bank & the author is shot innocently in the background), Francis volunteers her services to patch him up (the town mistake him as being a member of Bogart's crew) & even extends a hand by giving him some work at the home she shares w/her aunt. When Bogart himself gets nicked in the arm by a gunshot, Francis is only too happy to help out since she's going to use her new friendship w/him to turn him & his gang over to the authorities. Pretty standard fare to be sure but then the ending where Francis convinces Bogart his gunshot wound has infected his eyes (prompting her to bring a solution to indeed blind him temporarily under the guise of some administered medicine) which becomes a nail biting exercise as she gives the tainted eyedrop doses to Bogart & his bunch, even Stephenson (to facilitate an escape), blinding them all while the approaching police hope to catch them. Feeling like a leftover gag from an Our Gang serial, helps put this potboiler over the top by sheer chutzpah if not pragmatic sense.

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      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

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    • Data di uscita
      • 14 gennaio 1939 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Los Angeles County General Hospital - 2051 Marengo St., Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti(opening shot)
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Tempo di esecuzione
      • 1h 7min(67 min)
    • Colore
      • Black and White
    • Proporzioni
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