King Of The Underworld

This remake of 1935's DR. SOCRATES tries a different angle in changing the sex of the lead character, casting Kay Francis in Paul Muni's role. Francis and her husband, Eldredge, are both celebrated surgeons at County Hospital. Eldredge, however, has a weakness for gambling and accepts a high-paying offer from gangster Bogart to act as his gang's doctor. Francis is kept in the dark about her husband's underworld involvement and, one night, follows him to Bogart's hideout, to which he has been called to patch up a henchman's wounds. The police arrive and Bogart, thinking that he's been squealed on, kills Eldredge. Francis witnesses the bloodletting and is arrested, w...