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Black Legion

Black Legion

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Black Legion

"They Murdered at Midnight!"

1937

1h 23m

6.6(60 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

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Warner Bros. Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Frank Taylor

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Ed Jackson

Erin O'Brien-Moore

Erin O'Brien-Moore

Ruth Taylor

Ann Sheridan

Ann Sheridan

Betty Grogan

Helen Flint

Helen Flint

Pearl Danvers

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Cliff Summers

Clifford Soubier

Michael F. Grogan

Alonzo Price

Alf Hargrave

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Billings

Dickie Jones

Dickie Jones

Buddy Taylor

Creative team

Directed by: Archie Mayo
Written by: William Wister Haines
Robert Lord
Produced by: Robert Lord

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