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Black Legion

  • 1937
  • Approved
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
4.3K
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Humphrey Bogart in Black Legion (1937)
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Film NoirPolitical DramaTrue CrimeWorkplace DramaCrimeDrama

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

  • Directors
    • Archie Mayo
    • Michael Curtiz
  • Writers
    • Abem Finkel
    • William Wister Haines
    • Robert Lord
  • Stars
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Ann Sheridan
    • Dick Foran
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    4.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Archie Mayo
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Writers
      • Abem Finkel
      • William Wister Haines
      • Robert Lord
    • Stars
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • Ann Sheridan
      • Dick Foran
    • 64User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Trailer 1:42
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    Top Cast53

    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Frank Taylor
    Ann Sheridan
    Ann Sheridan
    • Betty Grogan
    Dick Foran
    Dick Foran
    • Ed Jackson
    Erin O'Brien-Moore
    Erin O'Brien-Moore
    • Ruth Taylor
    Helen Flint
    Helen Flint
    • Pearl Danvers
    Joe Sawyer
    Joe Sawyer
    • Cliff Moore
    • (as Joseph Sawyer)
    Clifford Soubier
    • Mike Grogan
    Alonzo Price
    • Alf Hargrave
    Paul Harvey
    Paul Harvey
    • Billings
    Dickie Jones
    Dickie Jones
    • Buddy Taylor
    Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds
    • Judge
    • (as Samuel Hinds)
    Addison Richards
    Addison Richards
    • Prosecuting Attorney
    Eddie Acuff
    Eddie Acuff
    • Metcalf
    Dorothy Vaughan
    Dorothy Vaughan
    • Mrs. Grogan
    John Litel
    John Litel
    • Tommy Smith
    Henry Brandon
    Henry Brandon
    • Joe Dombrowski
    Charles Halton
    Charles Halton
    • Osgood
    Pat C. Flick
    • Nick Strumpas
    • Directors
      • Archie Mayo
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Writers
      • Abem Finkel
      • William Wister Haines
      • Robert Lord
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews64

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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The location used for the machine shop is actually the real Warner Brothers machine shop, which still exists and can be seen today on tours.
    • Goofs
      The movie end credits list the name of the character played by Helen Flint as "Pearl Davis", but throughout the movie - particularly during her courtroom testimony - her character is referred to as "Pearl Danvers".
    • Quotes
      • Cliff Moore: Read!
      • Frank Taylor: [reading the Black Legion oath] In the name of God and the Devil, one to reward and the other to punish, and by the powers of light and darkness, good and evil, here under the black arch of Heaven's avenging symbol, I pledge and consecrate my heart, my brain, my body, and my limbs and swear by all the powers of Heaven and Hell to devote my life to the obedience of my superiors and that no danger or peril shall deter me from executin' dere orders. That I will exert every possible means in my power for the extermination of the anarchist, the Roman hierar...
      • [He has difficulty in pronouncing it]
      • Frank Taylor: ... hierarchy and their abettors. I swear that I will die fighting those whose serpent trail has winnowed the fair fields of our allies and sympathizers. I will show no mercy but strike with an avengin' arm as long as breath remains. I further pledge my heart, my brain, my body, my limbs never to betray a comrade and that I will submit to all the tortures mankind can inflict and suffer the most horrible death rather than reveal a single word of this, my oath, before violatin' a single clause or implied pledge of this my obligation. I...
      • [He pauses]
      • Frank Taylor: Do I have to say dis?
      • Cliff Moore: Say it!
      • Frank Taylor: I will pray to an avengin' God and an umerciful Devil to tear my heart out and roast it over the flames of sulfur, and lastly may my soul be given into the torment that my body be submerged into molten metal... and stifled into the flames of Hell, and that this punishment may be meted out to me through all eternity. In the name of God, our creator, Amen.
      • All: Amen.
    • Crazy credits
      The names of all characters -- the characters themselves-- the story-- all incidents and institutions portrayed in this production are fictitious-- and no identification with actual persons, living or deceased, is intended or should be inferred.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood and the Stars: The Angry Screen (1964)
    • Soundtracks
      The Lady in Red
      (1935) (uncredited)
      Music by Allie Wrubel
      Whistled in part by Humphrey Bogart

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    Details

    • Release date
      • January 30, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La legión negra
    • Filming locations
      • Providencia Ranch, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(outdoor scenes)
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • $235,000 (estimated)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 23m(83 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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