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Director
  
Lew Landers

Production
  
RKO Pictures

Country
  
United States

5.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
May 6, 1938 (1938-05-06)

Based on
  
Crime  by John B. Hymer Samuel Shipman

Writer
  
Bert Granet (screenplay), Edmund L. Hartmann (screenplay), John B. Hymer (story), Samuel Shipman (story), John B. Hymer (play), Samuel Shipman (play)

Music director
  
Nathaniel Shilkret, Roy Webb

Cast
  
Chester Morris
(Gene Fillmore),
Anne Shirley
(Annabelle Porter),
Eduardo Ciannelli
(Rocky),
Walter Abel
(Warren Rogers),
Lee Patrick
(Dorothy Palmer),
Paul Guilfoyle
(Batsy)

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Law of the Underworld is a 1938 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and written by Bert Granet and Edmund L. Hartmann. The film stars Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli, Walter Abel and Richard Bond. The film was released on May 6, 1938, by RKO Pictures.

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Plot

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A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution.

Cast

  • Chester Morris as Gene Fillmore
  • Anne Shirley as Annabelle Porter
  • Eduardo Ciannelli as Rocky
  • Walter Abel as Warren Rogers
  • Richard Bond as Tommy Brown
  • Lee Patrick as Dorothy Palmer
  • Paul Guilfoyle as Batsy
  • Frank M. Thomas as Police Captain Gargan
  • Eddie Acuff as Bill
  • Vinton Hayworth as Eddie
  • Jack Carson as Johnny
  • Paul Stanton as Barton

    • References

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