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King of the Underworld

"Don't kill this killer! Bring him back alive!"

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 Cast

  • Humphrey Bogart

    Humphrey Bogart

    Joe Gurney

  • Kay Francis

    Kay Francis

    Dr. Carole Nelson

  • James Stephenson

    James Stephenson

    Bill Stevens

  • John Eldredge

    John Eldredge

    Dr. Niles Nelson

  • Jessie Busley

    Jessie Busley

    Aunt Josephine

  • Arthur Aylesworth

    Arthur Aylesworth

    Dr. Sanders

  • Raymond Brown

    Raymond Brown

    Sheriff

  • Harland Tucker

    Harland Tucker

    Mr. Ames

  • Ralph Remley

    Ralph Remley

    Mr. Robert

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.

Rating

6.5 / 10
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    CinemaSerf
    6 Jun 22, 2022

    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 Stevenson ("Bill") as a latter day wandering minstrel doesn't help on that front and the ending is really pretty daft, but Bogart adds a charming degree of (very mild) menace to his Napoleon-obsessed character and Kay Francis, though hardly challenged any of this, still has a star quality to bring to the proceedings. Not great, no - but an enjoyable enough hour of cinema.

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