Female Jungle (1955)

Note Générale:

5,0/10   

Réalisateur:

Bruno VeSota

Scénaristes:

Burt Kaiser (screenplay)
Burt Kaiser (story)

Date de sortie:

janvier 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drame | Film-Noir | Mystère

Accroche:

As the night grows dark, the women turn deadly.

Intrigue:

A blonde actress is murdered across from a bar. An off-duty cop has been getting pleasantly sloshed...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Beautiful Woman

Avis des utilisateurs:

Surprisingly good

Ensemble

Burt Kaiser	...	Alex Voe
Kathleen Crowley	...	Peggy Voe
John Carradine	...	Claude Almstead
Lawrence Tierney	...	Det. Sgt. Jack Stevens
Duane Grey	...	Det. Sgt. Duane (as Rex Thorsen)
Jayne Mansfield	...	Candy Price
James Kodl	...	Joe (bar owner)
Davis Roberts	...	George (bar janitor) (as Robert Davis)
Bruce Carlisle	...	Chuck (detective)
Connie Cezan	...	Connie (waitress)
Bruno VeSota	...	Frank (Connie's husband)
Cornelius Keefe	...	Detective Captain (as Jack Hill)
Alan Frost	...	Dr. Urquhart (coroner)
Gordon Urquhart	...	Larry Jackson
Eve Brent	...	Monica Madison (as Jean Lewis)

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Hangover

Durée:

73 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Australia:PG | Sweden:15

Société:

Bert Kaiser Productions Inc.

Anecdotes:

Shot in 1954, not released until 1956.

Guillemet:

Alex Voe: You and I just don't add up together.

Connexions:

Edité en 42nd Street Forever, Volume 2: The Deuce (2006) (V)

Surprisingly good

Female Jungle is a fairly good and at times noteworthy low budget indie feature. Produced by star Burt Kaiser, who plays a down on his luck sketch artist with the longest 1950's hair this side of Elvis, the film also features Lawrence Tierney, who sleepwalks through his role as a drunken cop trying to win back the respect of his sergeant by helping solve a murder mystery. Tierney's career was entering crisis mode at this point thanks to his own drinking problem, and though he's obviously trying his best here, it shows. The story is fairly feeble, but the fine cast--which also includes John Carradine, Attack of the Giant Leeches man Bruno Ve Sota, an unglamorous looking Jayne Mansfield, and Davis Roberts--is worth watching. For a poverty row cheapie the film looks quite good--a testament, perhaps, to the effective work of DoP Elwood Bredell, who always did good work with little money on 'B' classics like Man Made Monster and Phantom Lady.