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Jul 30, 2023 · Francis had one lead role at the end of the decade opposite Humphrey Bogart in the gangster film King of the Underworld, released in 1939. The movie was a remake of Paul Muni 's Dr. Socrates (1935), with Francis in the role of a doctor who is forced to treat Bogart's injured gangster character, and then gets caught up with the law.
King of the Underworld (1939) - Although there is a mention here that this was the first time Bogart got top billing in a film and there is another mention here that this was the second time Bogart got top billing in a film, the first being for the film "Black Legion", in actuality this is the fourth time Bogart got top billing in a film. The previous other two times were in "Swing Your Lady ...
King of the Underworld is a film directed by Lewis Seiler with Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge .... Year: 1939. Original title: King of the Underworld. Synopsis: Niles and Carol Nelson are married doctors who save one of ganglord Gurney's men. Gurney exploits them, then kills Niles leaving Carol to take the fall.
Written by CinemaSerf on June 22, 2022. 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 ...
King Of The Underworld (1939) -- (Movie Clip) You Ought To Be Uptown Crime boss Gurney (Humphrey Bogart) visits good-citizen Dr. Nelson (John Eldredge), who unknowingly saved one of his thugs in surgery and, when his fellow-physician wife Carol (Kay Francis) arrives afterward, we learn he has a problem with the ponies, in Warner Bros.’ King Of The Underworld, 1939.
After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.
