The Human Jungle

Name: The Human Jungle
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Released: 1954
Duration: 82 min
Cast: Gary Merrill, Jan Sterling, Regis Toomey, Lamont Johnson, Patrick Waltz

1954

Dir. Joseph M. Newman

1h 22m

USA

Synopsis

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.

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Joseph M. Newman

Director

Joseph M. Newman

1909 – 2006

From Wikipedia Joseph M. Newman was an American film director most famous for his 1955 film This Island Earth. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the now defunct category of Assistant Director, for David Copperfield (1935) and San Francisco (1936). Newman's credits include episodes of The Twilight Zone and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour television series.

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