Reception
TIME felt the film was realistic in some parts, but disliked the Hollywood cliché of turning an evil character's heart to gold at the end.
Ben Hecht won the Academy Award for Writing in the 1st Academy Awards ceremony in 1927 for his work on this film.
Underworld was nominated for AFI's Top 10 Gangster Films list.
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