King of the Underworld (1939)

NR01/14/1939Romance, Crime, Drama1h 7m
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Don't kill this killer! Bring him back alive!

Overview

Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.

Top Billed Cast

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    Humphrey Bogart

    Joe Gurney

  2. Cast 1

    Kay Francis

    Dr. Carole Nelson

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    James Stephenson

    Bill Stevens

  4. Cast 1

    John Eldredge

    Dr. Niles Nelson

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    Jessie Busley

    Aunt Josephine

  6. Cast 1

    Arthur Aylesworth

    Dr. Sanders

  7. Raymond Brown

    Sheriff

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    Harland Tucker

    Mr. Ames

  9. Ralph Remley

    Mr. Robert

When one of his boys is saved by a young doctor, gangster "Joe" (Humphrey Bogart) pays the man a visit and thanks him with $500 and a promise (threat?) of future work. It's at one such consultation that the police swoop, the young man is killed in the melee and his now widow, fellow doctor, "Carole" (Kay Francis) is suspected of complicity. Though acquitted in court, she is given three months to prove her innocence or face being struck off as a physician - and that means she must do a bit of detective work of her own. It's not the most plausible of stories this. The involvement of James Steven...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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