Underworld U.S.A. (film)
Underworld U.S.A. (also known as Underwold USA) is a
1961 film noir produced, written and directed by Samuel Fuller. It tells the story
of a fourteen-year-old boy who sees four mobsters beat his father to death. Twenty
years later, the killers have risen to the top of the crime syndicate and the
protagonist, Tolly Devlin, has a plan for revenge. It stars Cliff Robertson, Beatrice
Kay and Dolores Dorn.
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Produced
by Samuel Fuller
Written by Samuel Fuller
Starring Cliff Robertson
Dolores
Dorn
Beatrice Kay
Tagline : A Sensational Film
That Puts the Finger On Today's Biggest Business- Crime!
Cast
Cliff
Robertson - Tolly Devlin
Dolores Dorn - Cuddles
Beatrice Kay - Sandy
Paul Dubov - Gela
Robert Emhardt - Earl Connors
Larry Gates - Driscoll
Richard Rust - Gus Cottahee
Gerald Milton - Gunther
Allan Gruener
- Smith
David Kent - Tolly aged 12
Tina Pine - Woman (as Tina Rome)
Sally Mills - Connie Fowler
Robert P. Lieb - Officer
Neyle Morrow
- Barney
Henry Norell - Prision Dr. Meredeth
Plot
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 plays him as an adult) goal has been to get the band of mobsters who killed his dad. Tolly has even allowed himself to become a criminal and to be sent to prison so that he could get close to one of the perpetrators. Tolly becomes as vindictive and sadistic as the men he's after. He rejects the two relationships that could redeem him (with his mother-figure Beatrice Kay and with his moll Dolores Dorn) in favor of cold, hard vengeance.
Becoming a secret informant for the Feds, Tolly ends up playing both sides against the middle in his cagey campaign to bring down the remaining mobsters. Tolly's nihilistic vendetta eventually robs him of his own humanity (and even more).
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