Black Legion

original title:
Black Legion
other titles:
(Geheimbund 'Schwarze Legion')
country / year of production:
USA / 1936
original length:
83 min. , black/white
premiere:
17 January 1937, New York City
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
Archie Mayo
film script:
Robert Lord , Abem Finkel
producer:
Robert Lord
cinematographer:
George Barnes
editor:
Owen Marks
composer:
W. Franke Harling , Howard M. Jackson
cast (role):
Humphrey Bogart (Frank Taylor) , Dick Foran (Ed Jackson) , Erin O'Brien-Moore (Ruth Taylor) , Ann Sheridan (Betty Grogan) , Helen Flint (Pearl Davis) , Humphrey Bogart , Dick Foran , Erin O'Brien-Moore , Ann Sheridan , Helen Flint
more:
plot synopsis:
This film deals with an American factory worker who joins a terroristic secret society. he notices his own mistake, when he is forced to kill his friend. By making the truth about the society public, he takes revenge.
keywords:
racism , friends on opposite sides , order and obedience , insubordination , propaganda , civilians
war:
fictious war
literature:
remarks:
Was nominated for an "Oscar" in 1938.

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availability:
VHS NTSC