The Human Jungle (1954)
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(76 ratings)
In the tradition of Dragnet and The Lineup, this is devoted to a typically busy day at a police precinct station house. Despite the presence of such recognizable actors as Gary Merrill and Regis Toomey, the film successfully adopts a documentary approach. The plot concerns a new police chief (Gary… More In the tradition of Dragnet and The Lineup, this is devoted to a typically busy day at a police precinct station house. Despite the presence of such recognizable actors as Gary Merrill and Regis Toomey, the film successfully adopts a documentary approach. The plot concerns a new police chief (Gary Merrill) who is determined to clean up a crime-ridden slum district. The ads for The Human Jungle offered teasing full-body shots of costar Jan Sterling in a skimpy negligee; hopefully the fans lured in by this come-on weren't disappointed once they found how little they actually saw of Ms. Sterling (figuratively and literally) in the film itself. The Human Jungle was an "in between" production for Allied Artists, which in 1954 was trying to divest itself of the "poverty row" onus placed upon its predecessor, Monogram Pictures. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joseph M. Newman
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Unrated,
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Cast
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Gary Merrill
as Danforth
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Jan Sterling
as Mary
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Paula Raymond
as Pat Danforth
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Emile G. Meyer
as Rowan
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Regis Toomey
as Geddes
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Chuck Connors
as Swados
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Patrick Waltz
as Strauss
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Chubby Johnson
as Greenie
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Don Keefer
as Cleary
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Rankin Mansfield
as Bledsoe
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Lamont Johnson
as Lannigan
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Leo Cleary
as Karns
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Florenz Ames
as Ustick
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Claude Akins
as Mandy
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Hugh Boswell
as Lynch
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James Westerfield
as Capt. Harrison
- Marie Blake
- George Wallace I
