''King of the Underworld'' is a 1952 British crime film directed by Victor M. Gover and starring

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Patrick Barr Patrick David Barr (13 February 1908 – 29 August 1985) was an English actor. In his career spanning over half a century, he appeared in about 144 films and television series. Biography Born in Akola, British India in 1908, Barr was educate ...

and

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/ref> It was followed by a sequel '' Murder at Scotland Yard''. It was made at Bushey Studios with sets designed by the art director

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Plot summary

A master criminal is hunted by the police after committing a series of crimes.

Cast

as Terence Reilly *

as Inspector Morley *

as Eileen Trotter *

Ingeborg von Kusserow Ingeborg von Kusserow (28 January 1919 – 14 April 2014) was a German film actress. Biography Kusserow was born in Wollstein, Province of Posen, Germany (today Wolsztyn, Poland). She starred in Nazi propaganda films during the Third Reich, w ...

as Marie * Frank Hawkins as Inspector Cranshaw * Leonard Sharp as Mullins *

Anne Valery Anne Valery ( Firth) (24 February 1926 – 29 April 2013) was an English screenwriter, author and actress noted for co-writing episodes for the BAFTA-nominated drama ''Tenko'' in the early 1980s. The daughter of actress Doriel Paget, she join ...

as Susan

References

External links

* * 1952 films 1952 crime films Films directed by Victor M. Gover British crime films British black-and-white films Films set in London 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-crime-film-stub