Underworld U.S.A.

Underworld U.S.A.
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySamuel Fuller
Screenplay bySamuel Fuller
Based onarticles in The Saturday Evening Post
1956
by Joseph F. Dinneen
Produced bySamuel Fuller
StarringCliff Robertson
Dolores Dorn
Beatrice Kay
Richard Rust
CinematographyHal Mohr
Edited byJerome Thoms
Music byHarry Sukman
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Globe Enterprises
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 1961 (1961-03)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million[1]

Underworld U.S.A. (also known as Underworld USA) is a 1961 American neo-noir[2] crime film produced, written, and directed by Samuel Fuller. It tells the story of a 14-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.[3]

  1. ^ Fuller in Running With 'Mob' Movie: Enters 'Underiworld, USA'; 'Burlesque' Up Again--Berle Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 2 July 1959: B7.
  2. ^ Schwartz, Ronald (2005). Neo-noir: The New Film Noir Style from Psycho to Collateral. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8108-5676-9.
  3. ^ Underworld U.S.A. at IMDb.