Facing El Chapo
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Film / 1954
The Human Jungle
Directed by
Joseph M. Newman
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 story
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.
Cast
Gary MerrillJohn Danforth
Jan SterlingMary Abbott
Regis ToomeyBob Geddes
Lamont JohnsonDetective Lannigan
Patrick WaltzDetective Strauss
Chuck ConnorsEarl Swados
Claude AkinsGeorge Mandy
Paula RaymondPat Danforth
Emile MeyerAbe Rowan
Henry KulkyMatty
Chubby JohnsonGreenie
James WesterfieldMarty Harrison
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Florenz AmesLeonard Ustick
Booth ColmanWallace
Hugh BoswellLynch
Rankin MansfieldDetective Bledsoe
Leo ClearyKarns
Don KeeferDetective Cleary
George D. WallaceDetective O'Neill
Joe TurkelDelinquent Hood
Marjorie BennettMrs. Lee
Marie BlakeMrs. Ashton
Ford RaineyJones
Bess FlowersDining Patron
Anna NavarroWaitress (uncredited)
Sandra WarnerTwin Stripper #1 (uncredited)
Sonia WarnerTwin Stripper #2 (uncredited)
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