The Human Jungle (1954)
The inside police story !
82 min
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.
- Release date
- October 3, 1954
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Gary Merrill as Police Capt. John Danforth
- Jan Sterling as Mary Abbott
- Regis Toomey as Det. Bob Geddes
- Lamont Johnson as Det. Lannigan
- Patrick Waltz as Det. Strauss
- Chuck Connors as Earl Swados
- Paula Raymond as Pat Danforth
- Emile Meyer as Police Chief Abe Rowan
- George D. Wallace as Det. O'Neill
- Chubby Johnson as Greenie
Crew
- Joseph M. Newman · Director
- William Sackheim · Writer
- Daniel Fuchs · Writer
- Hayes Goetz · Producer
- Hans J. Salter · Composer
- Ellis W. Carter · Cinematographer
- Sam Fields · Editor
- Lester A. Sansom · Editor