King of the Underworld
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King of the Underworld is a 1952 British
crime film
directed by Victor M. Gover
and starring Tod Slaughter
, Patrick Barr
and Tucker McGuire
. A master criminal is hunted by the police after committing a series of crimes. It was followed by a sequel Murder at Scotland Yard
. It was made at Bushey Studios.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Victor M. Gover
Victor M. Gover
-Selected filmography:* The Curse of the Wraydons * King of the Underworld * Murder at Scotland Yard...
and starring Tod Slaughter
Tod Slaughter
Tod Slaughter was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas.-Ealy life:...
, Patrick Barr
Patrick Barr
Patrick David Barr was a British film and television actor.Born in Akola, India, Patrick Barr went from stage to screen with The Merry Men of Sherwood . He spent the 1930s playing various beneficent authority figures and "reliable friend" types...
and Tucker McGuire
Tucker McGuire
Tucker McGuire was an American-born actress who appeared largely in British films and television. She was born as Anne Tucker McGuire.-Selected filmography:* Strangers on Honeymoon * Clothes and the Woman...
. A master criminal is hunted by the police after committing a series of crimes. It was followed by a sequel Murder at Scotland Yard
Murder at Scotland Yard
Murder at Scotland Yard is 1953 British crime film directed by Victor M. Gover and starring Tod Slaughter, Patrick Barr and Tucker McGuire. It is a sequel to the 1952 film King of the Underworld and depicts the continuing battle between the master criminal Terence Reilly and Inspector Morley of...
. It was made at Bushey Studios.
Cast
- Tod SlaughterTod SlaughterTod Slaughter was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas.-Ealy life:...
- Terence Reilly - Patrick BarrPatrick BarrPatrick David Barr was a British film and television actor.Born in Akola, India, Patrick Barr went from stage to screen with The Merry Men of Sherwood . He spent the 1930s playing various beneficent authority figures and "reliable friend" types...
- Inspector Morley - Tucker McGuireTucker McGuireTucker McGuire was an American-born actress who appeared largely in British films and television. She was born as Anne Tucker McGuire.-Selected filmography:* Strangers on Honeymoon * Clothes and the Woman...
- Eileen Trotter - Ingeborg von KusserowIngeborg von Kusserow-Biography:Kusserow was born in Wollstein, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany .She married Percy Graf Welsburg in November 1941 and emigrated to Great Britain after World War II, where she usually appeared as Ingeborg Wells. She retired in 1960.-Filmography:-External links:...
- Marie - Frank HawkinsFrank HawkinsFrank Hawkins, Jr. is a former professional football player, a running back who played seven seasons in the NFL with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, from 1981 to 1987.-Football career:...
- Inspector Cranshaw - Leonard Sharp - Mullins
- Anne Valery - Susan