The Human Jungle (1954)
The inside police story !
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.
- Date of release
- 1954-10-03
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Director
- Joseph M. Newman
Casting
- Gary Merrill — John Danforth
- Jan Sterling — Mary Abbott
- Regis Toomey — Bob Geddes
- Lamont Johnson — Detective Lannigan
- Patrick Waltz — Detective Strauss
- Chuck Connors — Earl Swados
- Claude Akins — George Mandy
- Paula Raymond — Pat Danforth
- Emile Meyer — Abe Rowan
- Henry Kulky — Matty
- Chubby Johnson — Greenie
- James Westerfield — Marty Harrison
Interesting facts
The Human Jungle is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring Gary Merrill, Jan Sterling and Regis Toomey. It was produced and distributed by the Hollywood studio Allied Artists.
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