King of the Underworld (1939)
- Directed by
- Lewis Seiler
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 07m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 26 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A doctor is forced into the criminal underworld when she is kidnapped to treat a wounded gangster. She must outwit him to escape and bring him to justice.
tenseatmosphericnoir-tingedgrittyfast-paceddramaticearnestold-school
What happens
King of the Underworld is a 1939 American crime drama film starring Humphrey Bogart as a gangster and Kay Francis as a doctor forced to treat him. It was directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a remake of the 1935 film Dr. Socrates, which was based on a short story by W. R. Burnett. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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