The Human Jungle (1954)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Release: 1954-10-03
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Writers: Daniel Fuchs , William Sackheim
Language: English
Stars: Gary Merrill , Jan Sterling (1921–2004) , Regis Toomey , Lamont Johnson , Patrick Waltz , Shailar Coby , Paula Raymond , Emile Meyer , George Wallace , Chubby Johnson
Runtime: 82 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Les bas-fonds de Chicago (Belgium) , Giungla umana (Italy) , No Domínio do Vício (Brazil) , Jungla umană (Romania) , Dans les bas-fonds de Chicago (France, French Republic) , The Human Jungle , Bag storbyens lys (Denmark) , Immer jagte er Blondinen , Ihmisviidakko (Finland) , De onderwereld van Chicago (Belgium) , 第三暗黒街 (Japan) , The Police Story (United States of America) , The Human Jungle (Canada) , Människodjungel (Sweden) , The Human Jungle (United Kingdom) , S.O.S. Astynomia (Greece) , The Human Jungle (United States of America)
Plot: 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. He calls this a cop's war that is the same as a soldier's war with the difference being that people hate cops. His cause isn't helped when a rookie policeman accidentally kills an innocent bystander. And he has to protect police informer Mary Abbott from Swados, a killer in the hire of the man behind the petty mobsters.
IMDB:tt0047102