King of the Underworld

1939
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1h 7min

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6,4/10

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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.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

6,4/10

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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.)

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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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King of the Underworld (1939)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Warner remake of their 1935 Paul Muni flick DR. SOCRATES has Kay Francis playing a doctor trying to clear her name after her husband got connected to a gangster (Humphrey Bogart). I watched this film for the first time many years ago and found it to be campy fun but this was my first viewing since seeing the original 1935. My opinion on this film here has certainly changed but in the end I think this is still worth seeing if you're a fan of Bogart. That original film was an incredibly smart and tense little gem that should be better known to film fans but this remake, clearly meant to be the second film on a double-feature, leaves out the brains and instead goes with action. The movie runs a fast-paced 67-minutes and for the most part we get to see Bogart chew up one scene after another and this here is clearly fun if you're a fan of his. He's constantly shouting at his men, giving orders or just going around like a madman and we even get to hear him quote a few things from Napoleon. Bogart's maniac-style performance is clearly the stand out here and the reason people should tune in. Francis seems to be rather upset at having to appear in something like this as she pretty much sleepwalks through here role and she certainly brings the film down some. She was certainly a capable actress but you really can't tell that by watching her here. James Stephenson adds nice support in his small role. The ending to the original film worked wonderfully well because they went for suspense but that's not the case here. The ending is pretty wacky and over the top and sure to draw a few laughs. It does lead up to some violent gun play, which is never a bad thing in a Warner movie.