Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Society Smugglers (1939)

Society Smugglers poster
Directed by
Joe May
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of criminals pose as high society members to pull off a smuggling scheme. The story follows their attempts to outwit the authorities and keep their operation going.

light-heartedfast-pacedplayfulnostalgicsuspensefulwhimsicalslick

What happens

Society Smugglers is a 1939 American crime film directed by Joe May and starring Preston Foster, Irene Hervey and Walter Woolf King. It was made and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film sets were designed by the art director Jack Otterson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?