King of the Underworld
Summary:
A remake of Dr. Socrates (1935), this middling melodrama features Kay Francis as Carol Nelson, a medical doctor blaming gangster Joe Gurney (Humphrey Bogart) for the death of her husband (John Eldredge) during a police raid. Determined to get even, Dr. Nelson sets up practice in a small town where a couple of Gurney's henchmen are serving time. And sure enough,... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Humphrey Bogart - (Joe Gurney)
James Stephenson - (Bill Stevens)
John Eldredge - (Niles Nelson)
Jessie Busley - (Aunt Josephine)
Arthur Ayleswofth - (Dr. Sanders)
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Review:
A fairly engrossing account of a small-town doctor forced to operate on a Big City gangster, the only four-year-old Dr. Socrates got the B-movie treatment in King of the Underworld, with Humphrey Bogart replacing Barton MacLane as the gangster and Kay Francis, of all people, taking over from Paul Muni as the troubled medico. Unfor... Continue >>
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