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Underworld U.S.A. is a american film of genre Drama directed by Samuel Fuller released in USA on 13 march 1961 with Cliff Robertson

Underworld U.S.A. (1961)

Underworld U.S.A

Underworld U.S.A.
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Released in USA 13 march 1961
Length 1h39
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action,    Noir,    Crime
Rating72% 3.644573.644573.644573.644573.64457

Underworld U.S.A. (also known as Underworld USA) is a 1961 American neo-noir film produced, written and directed by Samuel Fuller. It tells the story of a fourteen-year-old boy who goes to enormous lengths to get revenge against the mobsters who beat his father to death. It stars Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, and Beatrice Kay.

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Fourteen-year-old Tolly Devlin sees four hoods beat his father to death. Twenty years later, the killers have risen to the top of the crime syndicate. Ever since his adolescence, Tolly's (Cliff Robertson) goal has been to avenge his father. Tolly has even become a criminal and gotten himself sent to prison so that he could get close to one of the perpetrators. Tolly becomes as vindictive and sadistic as the men he is after. He rejects the two relationships that could redeem him, his mother-figure (Beatrice Kay) and his moll (Dolores Dorn) in favor of cold, hard vengeance.

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