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Law of the Underworld is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lew Landers released in USA on 6 may 1938 with Chester Morris
Law of the Underworld (1938)
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Add to a movie listLaw 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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This script must be run from the command lineActors
Chester Morris
(Gene Fillmore)
Anne Shirley
(Annabelle Porter)
Eduardo Ciannelli
(Rocky)
Walter Abel
(Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers)
Lee Patrick
(Dorothy Palmer)
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