The Concrete Jungle (1960)
Directed by Joseph Losey
Genres - Crime |
Sub-Genres - Caper, Crime Drama |
Release Date - Jun 6, 1962 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 86 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Directed by American expatriate Joseph Losey, the British The Criminal is a gloom-wallow elevated by superb performances. Top crook Stanley Baker plans a clever bank robbery. It goes off hitchless, but the clerk responsible for "laundering" the stolen money insists upon a bigger percentage of the take, else he'll blow the whistle. Baker hides the money, whereupon he is turned over to the law by his ex-girlfriend, who is in cahoots with the clerk. Baker refuses to reveal the whereabouts of the loot, so his old gang arranges to have him broken out of jail -- and also arranges for Baker's "accidental" demise. Appearing as the greedy clerk in Concrete Jungle is Sam Wanamaker, who like Joseph Losey fled to England as a result of the Hollywood blacklist.
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robbery, clerk, convict, ex-girlfriend, loot, money, prison, racetrack