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.
- Released
- 1954-10-03
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Joseph M. Newman, William Sackheim
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 from 12 votes
Cast
- Gary Merrill as John Danforth
- Jan Sterling as Mary Abbott
- Regis Toomey as Bob Geddes
- Lamont Johnson as Detective Lannigan
- Patrick Waltz as Detective Strauss
- Chuck Connors as Earl Swados
- Claude Akins as George Mandy
- Paula Raymond as Pat Danforth
- Emile Meyer as Abe Rowan
- Henry Kulky as Matty
- Chubby Johnson as Greenie
- James Westerfield as Marty Harrison