YMMV / Underworld (1927)

• Do Not Do This Cool Thing: Don't be a gangster! It gets you nothing but misery and a hot girlfriend and tons of money and loyal friends and...
• Magnificent Bastard: "Rolls Royce" is the nickname given to a street bum taken in by gangster Bull Weed. Despite his slovenly appearance, Royce reveals himself to be an intelligent, well spoken former lawyer after Bull brings him into his gang. Royce comes up with a plan to frame rival gangster Buck Mulligan for a robbery and while Bull is gone Royce and Bull's girlfriend "Feathers" fall in love. When Bull is sentenced to death after murdering Mulligan, Royce devises a clever plan to have the gang break Bull out and then have the two skip town. When the plan goes awry and Bull and Feathers get trapped inside Bull's hideout, Royce rushes to the scene and uses a secret passage to save them, escaping with Feathers while Bull willingly turns himself in.

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