Movie: King of the Underworld

Top 8 Billed Cast

Tod Slaughter
Tod Slaughter

Terence Reilly

Patrick Barr
Patrick Barr

Insp. Morley

Tucker McGuire
Tucker McGuire

Eileen Trotter

Ingeborg von Kusserow
Ingeborg von Kusserow

Marie (as Ingeborg Wells)

Frank Hawkins
Frank Hawkins

Insp. Cranshaw

Leonard Sharp
Leonard Sharp

Mullins (as Len Sharp)

Anne Valery
Anne Valery

Susan

David Davies
David Davies

George

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    A sinister crook is implicated in blackmail, greed for emeralds, a secret formula and murder. Thee episodes from a 1952 British television series called "Inspector Morley, Late of Scotland Yard, Investigates" were joined together and released theatrically.

  • Release Date

    1952-07-05

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    English
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