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The Steel Jungle (1956)

The Steel Jungle poster
Directed by
Walter Doniger
Genre
drama film, prison film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is sent to prison for a crime he might not have committed. He struggles to survive in a harsh and corrupt prison system where violence is common.

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What happens

The Steel Jungle is a 1956 American film noir crime drama directed by Walter Doniger and starring Perry Lopez, Beverly Garland, and Walter Abel. The film was directed and written by Walter Doniger. Produced independently, the film was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, and theatrically released in the United States on March 10, 1956. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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