The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle

82 mins | Crime | Oct. 3, 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.

The Human Jungle

82 mins | Crime | Oct. 3, 1954

The Human Jungle
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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Allied Artists
Original title The Human Jungle
Directors Joseph M. Newman
Writers Daniel Fuchs, William Sackheim

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

Florenz Ames

as Leonard Ustick

Booth Colman

as Wallace

Hugh Boswell

as Lynch

Rankin Mansfield

as Detective Bledsoe

Leo Cleary

as Karns

Don Keefer

as Detective Cleary

George Wallace

as Detective O'Neill

Joe Turkel

as Delinquent Hood

Marjorie Bennett

as Mrs. Lee

Marie Blake

as Mrs. Ashton

Ford Rainey

as Jones

Bess Flowers

as Dining Patron

Anna Navarro

as Waitress (uncredited)