Underworld

Johnson is a black man who has graduated from a southern college and heads to Chicago for a shot at success. He boards at a hotel which he soon discovers is a cover for a brothel. Freeman takes a liking to him and drags him into criminal activities. Johnson is backed into a corner when Freeman frames him for the murder of her lover. Freeman then goes out on a drinking spree and is hit by a train, thereby destroying Johnson's only alibi. He is saved from certain prosecution by a last-minute witness who testifies on Johnson's behalf. A bleak look at city life which differs from other crime stories only in its all-black cast. Features Oscar Polk who later played "Pork...