The Human Jungle
The inside police story !
1954 · 1h 22m · APPROVED
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Joseph M. Newman
Overview
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 and cast
- Joseph M. Newman Director
- Gary Merrill as Police captain John Danforth
- Jan Sterling as Mary Abbott
- Regis Toomey as Det. Bob Geddes
- Lamont Johnson as Det. Lannigan (Geddes' partner)
- Patrick Waltz as Det. Strauss (as Pat Waltz)
- Chuck Connors as Earl Swados
- Paula Raymond as Pat Danforth
- Emile Meyer as Police Chief Abe Rowan
- George Wallace as Det. O'Neill
- Chubby Johnson as Greenie (reporter)
Comments
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