The Human Jungle (1954)
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.
Director:
Joseph M. Newman
Writer:
William Sackheim
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Gary Merrill as John Danforth |
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Jan Sterling as Mary Abbott |
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Regis Toomey as Bob Geddes |
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Lamont Johnson as Detective Lannigan |
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Patrick Waltz as Detective Strauss |
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Chuck Connors as Earl Swados |
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Claude Akins as George Mandy |
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Paula Raymond as Pat Danforth |
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Emile Meyer as Abe Rowan |
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Henry Kulky as Matty |
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Chubby Johnson as Greenie |
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James Westerfield as Marty Harrison |
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Florenz Ames as Leonard Ustick |
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Booth Colman as Wallace |
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Hugh Boswell as Lynch |
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Rankin Mansfield as Detective Bledsoe |
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Leo Cleary as Karns |
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Don Keefer as Detective Cleary |
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George D. Wallace as Detective O'Neill |
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Joe Turkel as Delinquent Hood |
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Marjorie Bennett as Mrs. Lee |
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Marie Blake as Mrs. Ashton |
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Ford Rainey as Jones |
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Bess Flowers as Dining Patron |
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Anna Navarro as Waitress (uncredited) |
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Sandra Warner as Twin Stripper #1 (uncredited) |
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Sonia Warner as Twin Stripper #2 (uncredited) |
| Directing | Joseph M. Newman | Director |
| Camera | Ellis W. Carter | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sam Fields | Editor |
| Writing | William Sackheim | Screenplay |
| Writing | William Sackheim | Story |
| Production | Hayes Goetz | Producer |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Daniel Fuchs | Writer |
