The Human Jungle (1954)

5.6/10 82 min Crime Thriller

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.

Cast

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

Booth Colman

Wallace

Leo Cleary

Karns

Don Keefer

Detective Cleary

George D. Wallace

Detective O'Neill

Joe Turkel

Delinquent Hood

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