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      Female Jungle

      1956 56m Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 25% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Circumstantial evidence suggests that a neurotic detective (Lawrence Tierney) murdered a film star while he was drunk. Read More Read Less

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Muddled but diverting B film noir melodrama. Rated: B- Apr 18, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      deke p 1955! Noir crime drama. LAWRENCE TIERNEY! JAYNE MANSFIELD! JOHN CARRADINE! Never herdo til saw it on the tv set 6.12.22 Sunday nite Noir on 13.3 Note to sef: next time pay closer attention. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Muddled but diverting B film noir melodrama. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member So, now it's time for a review of a Jayne Mansfield-movie! Though, I should add that she only has a small role, but it's actually her debut. I honestly had no expectations at all, before watching this. It's been on my "wanted"-list for a good while, and the main reason why I wanted to see it, was because it's Jayne Mansfield's debut role in a motion picture. But I have to say that it was actually better than I had hoped for. I find these unpretentious low-budget Noir's a bit charming. They usually have a very plain and straight story to work on, and few but strong and colorful characters. I can appreciate those components at times. Look at Detour, for example! Female Jungle may not be as sharp as Detour, but it belongs to the same category of B-noirs. The movie is about the chasing of a killer of a beautiful blonde movie actress. There are several possible culprits in the picture; an off-duty cop (Lawrence Tierney), a caricaturist (John Carradine), a janitor (James Kodl), a columnist (Burt Kaiser) and his wife (Kathleen Crowley) and his lover (Jayne Mansfield).... This movie is not too impressing but contains a few thrills, but most importantly is a chronicle among film noirs, and definitely watch-worthy if you're into those! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member great trashy B movie Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Rather lurid and somewhat boring. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Jayne Mansfield made her screen debut as a sexy siren in 1955's "The Female Jungle." Although Jayne's screen time is limited, the plot of the film kept me interested. Overall, I enjoyed watching this movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Circumstantial evidence suggests that a neurotic detective (Lawrence Tierney) murdered a film star while he was drunk.
      Director
      Bruno VeSota
      Producer
      Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson
      Screenwriter
      Bruno VeSota, Burt Kaiser
      Production Co
      Bert Kaiser Productions Inc.
      Genre
      Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 4, 2020
      Runtime
      56m
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