The Garment Jungle
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Music director Leith Stevens Duration Language English | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir Cinematography Joseph F. Biroc Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Vincent Sherman
Robert Aldrich Release date April 25, 1957 (1957-04-25TUnited States) Based on articles "Gangsters in the Dress Business"
by Lester Velie Writer Lester Velie (articles), Harry Kleiner (story) Directors Vincent Sherman, Robert Aldrich Cast Lee J. Cobb (Walter Mitchell), Kerwin Mathews (Alan Mitchell), Gia Scala (Theresa Renata), Richard Boone (Artie Ravidge), Valerie French (Lee Hackett), Robert Loggia (Tulio Renata)Similar movies Focus , Double Indemnity , The Big Sleep , The Asphalt Jungle , Out of the Past , Murder, My Sweet Tagline The Whole Naked Truth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Garment Jungle is a 1957 film noir crime film directed by Vincent Sherman and Robert Aldrich and written by Lester Velie and Harry Kleiner. The drama features Gia Scala, Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, and Richard Boone.
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Plot
Alan Mitchell is a returning Korean War veteran who joins his father Walter's garment company, Roxton Fashions. The firm has been paying protection money to gangsters led by Artie Ravidge to keep the union out.
Walter's partner, Fred Kenner, sympathizes with the union's goals. After he tells Walter to sever his ties with the hoodlum enforcers, Kenner is killed when the freight elevator he enters, which was just 'fixed' by one of the hoods disguised as a repairman, plunges 12 stories to the bottom of the shaft. Tulio Renata is a union organizer trying to organize the factory, who also later gets murdered by Ravidge's men, and his wife Theresa Renata endures threats against herself and their child.
Alan Mitchell comes to sympathize with the plight of the workers. When he finally convinces his father to fire the union-busting gangsters, Walter is killed and Ravidge attempts to take over the factory. Theresa Renata takes copies of Mitchell's records to the police, who arrest Ravidge.
Cast
Production
Vincent Sherman replaced Aldrich towards the end of filming.
References
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