Underworld U.S.A.

Feb 22, 1961

1h 39m

★ 7.0

A Sensational Film That Puts the Finger On Today's Biggest Business... Crime!

Overview

A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Globe Enterprises

Columbia Pictures

Underworld U.S.A. Trailers

Cast

Tolly Devlin

Cliff Robertson

Cuddles

Dolores Dorn

Sandy

Beatrice Kay

Gus Cottahee

Richard Rust

Gela

Paul Dubov

Earl Connors

Robert Emhardt

John Driscoll

Larry Gates

Joseph Wilhelm Gunther

Gerald Milton

Young Tolly

David Kent

Vic Farrar

Peter Brocco

Woman

Tina Pine

Connors' Associate

Cosmo Sardo

Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.

5.9

The Whistler

Mar 30, 1944

A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.

6.0

Naked Alibi

Oct 1, 1954

Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the eyes of tough Chief Conroy, who pursues him doggedly despite lack of evidence. The obsessed Conroy is dismissed from the force, but continues to harass Willis, who flees to a sleazy town on the Mexican border. Of course, Conroy follows. But which is crazy, Conroy or Willis?

5.8

Roadblock

Sep 17, 1951

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

6.1

Hoodlum Empire

Apr 15, 1952

It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.

5.2

Over-Exposed

Apr 1, 1956

This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays Lila Crane, an ambitious clip-joint floozie turned photographer with flexible morals and a penchant for fast money.

6.4

Out of the Fog

Jun 14, 1941

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.

5.9

Walk a Crooked Mile

Sep 2, 1948

A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?

6.7

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Aug 20, 1948

When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition. Now years later, he desperately tries to prevent tragedies in the Courtland family.

6.6

Crossfire

Aug 15, 1947

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

5.3

The Woman on Pier 13

Jun 15, 1950

Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

6.6

The Killer Is Loose

Feb 3, 1956

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.

6.8

The Reckless Moment

Dec 9, 1949

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

6.9

Riot in Cell Block 11

Feb 18, 1954

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.