The Human Jungle 1954

A fantastic obscure noir.

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  • @thraciangrapes
    @thraciangrapes Жыл бұрын

    Chuck Connors! He was my Dad's roommate at Villanova University. Chuck was originally a baseball allstar who got a scholarship to become a professional baseball player. However he was discovered as an actor for his size and good looks. He went for it. My Dad was also an all-star football player who got his scholarship for sports. Son of Irish immigrants from Philadelphia.

  • @karenhill3970

    @karenhill3970

    Жыл бұрын

    How awesome!!!

  • @user-pg7dy4kq1x

    @user-pg7dy4kq1x

    9 ай бұрын

    What’s his name ? Philadelphia here..

  • @randquadrozzi1280

    @randquadrozzi1280

    6 ай бұрын

    Cool story.Also played pro basketball for the Celtics.my grandfather was in the same company in the Marines as lee marvin.Small world.

  • @carlreed6186

    @carlreed6186

    5 ай бұрын

    He also played basketball for the Celtics

  • @Dr.Pepper001

    @Dr.Pepper001

    Ай бұрын

    Many great people came from Philadelphia.

  • @leelarson107
    @leelarson107 Жыл бұрын

    Many people leaving Comments here are obsessed with defining this film as 'noir' or as not 'noir'. *I'd suggest that we just relax and watch the film rather than spending our time categorizing everything in sight.

  • @steveweinstein3222

    @steveweinstein3222

    Жыл бұрын

    It really takes no time at all.

  • @TeaParty1776

    @TeaParty1776

    Жыл бұрын

    Man watches with categories. Man guides his life w/categories, whether he knows it or not. He needs categories to live. Good categories. Life should guide the categories. Atlas Shrugged

  • @steveweinstein3222

    @steveweinstein3222

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TeaParty1776 Heavy, dude.

  • @TeaParty1776

    @TeaParty1776

    Жыл бұрын

    @@steveweinstein3222 Heavy is a good category.

  • @internetcensure5849

    @internetcensure5849

    Жыл бұрын

    @@steveweinstein3222 "categorizing everything in sight." takes time.

  • @jaminova_1969
    @jaminova_1969 Жыл бұрын

    It's cold and rainy in Southern California and I am home watching a B&W Film. Thank You so much!

  • @cherryvaleleatherock6900

    @cherryvaleleatherock6900

    Жыл бұрын

    @Jamie Nova - To my mind, you're having the perfect day 📽🎬❤.

  • @abef.9085

    @abef.9085

    Жыл бұрын

    That"s all i Watch....Tell"s how it was,and how it should have stayed.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a great way to spend a day....rain or shine ! Give me a good ol' B&W anytime !

  • @abef.9085

    @abef.9085

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jubalcalif9100 Tubi and Freevee have alot...Bogart/B.Davis/E.G.Robinson/J.Garfield...Ida..Etc.

  • @aaarauz1

    @aaarauz1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@abef.9085 - freevee also has all 5 seasons of Rockford Files and Barney Miller. Win/Win!!

  • @buckymaxwell3801
    @buckymaxwell3801 Жыл бұрын

    Gary Merrill was ALWAYS underestimated as a versatile actor. Critics claimed his performances were wooden, but they failed to appreciate his expressive face and voice. This was one of his best performances, and one I never saw before. Jan Sterling came from a well to do family, but played the round heel tramp perfectly. Regis Toomey was his usual professional self and even the unknowns like Joe Turkel and the rest were in top form. Thanks for digging this one up. It was a winner.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    I totally agree with your comment about Mr Merrill. Am looking forward to watching this mid-50s crime drama. Noir is my favorite genre & this looks like it's right up my alley !

  • @slim555555

    @slim555555

    Жыл бұрын

    I too am a fan of Jan Sterling.

  • @erikramaekers63

    @erikramaekers63

    Жыл бұрын

    Restrained acting style( in most of his movies) less is more

  • @coretv292

    @coretv292

    Жыл бұрын

    Gary Merrill's versatility as an actor was often overlooked by critics who failed to appreciate his expressive face and voice. However, this film showcased one of his best performances. Jan Sterling played the role of a tramp convincingly and Regis Toomey was his usual professional self. Even the lesser-known actors like Joe Turkel were in top form. Overall, it was a great film.

  • @ssoldie5490

    @ssoldie5490

    Жыл бұрын

    I so Agree, Bucky Maxwell👍👍

  • @alfredbonnabel7022
    @alfredbonnabel7022 Жыл бұрын

    Great cast with a good pace. Love Jan Sterling always believeable. Gary Merrill was excellent. 👍👍👍👍

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    Agree 100 per cent ! Big fan of Gary Merrill and Jan Sterling myself !

  • @garylampkin4288

    @garylampkin4288

    Жыл бұрын

    Just saying the names, Jan Sterling or Mamie Van Doren gets my temperature rising. 🌡️😀😍

  • @keithharvey7230

    @keithharvey7230

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@garylampkin4288 Vida Ann Borg

  • @waynej2608

    @waynej2608

    Жыл бұрын

    Jan Sterling was an amazing actress. Easy on the eyes, too. Loved her in a supporting role in Caged, starring the great Eleanor Parker, as an inmate. Jan was a fine film noir presence.

  • @billhowes7937
    @billhowes7937 Жыл бұрын

    I watched this one twice within a week. Surprisingly good. I have new respect for Gary Merrill in this film. He is really good. Well done in every way.

  • @paulstark6818
    @paulstark6818 Жыл бұрын

    A story with a difference great cast well acted out thank yOU

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    So true ! I'm watching it right now. Greatly enjoying it so far. Never heard of it til it was recommended to me by YT.

  • @maryjesionowski2933
    @maryjesionowski2933 Жыл бұрын

    "Rustle up some stenographers and get it all down while it's still hot!" I've watched a lot of film noir and this one is definitely both obscure and well made. Thanks!

  • @rosetucker489

    @rosetucker489

    Жыл бұрын

    Good enough movie, but definitely not film noir! It's a police procedural.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    Ditto !

  • @terrylittle
    @terrylittle Жыл бұрын

    Gary Merrill was a great and very believable actor whether playing the lead role or as a supporting actor. Enjoyed his performance in 12 o'clock high with Gregory Peck very much. Had never seen this one before, so watching him as the lead was a nice treat! Thanks for posting, you just got another subscriber.

  • @keithharvey7230

    @keithharvey7230

    Жыл бұрын

    I can still hear Gregory saying 'Keith'.

  • @randquadrozzi1280

    @randquadrozzi1280

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes he was believable with a kinda layed back attitude.

  • @GM-cf6jv
    @GM-cf6jv Жыл бұрын

    Now thats a good detective story. thanks! Merrill, Connors, Aiken and several other recognized actors great casting.

  • @garylampkin4288

    @garylampkin4288

    Жыл бұрын

    I think Sterling, Connors and Aiken were the notables for this noir with a twist.

  • @stanburdick9708
    @stanburdick9708 Жыл бұрын

    Love these black and white noirs and no stinkin commercials!!!what would these old timers be without regis! thanx keepem comin👍👍👍

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    I know ! I'd rather watch a good B&W crime/noir/mystery flick from yesteryear than most of the stuff being produced today !

  • @BroonParker
    @BroonParker Жыл бұрын

    An obscure gem of a film. Thanks for posting this.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    I certainly have a notion to second THAT emotion !

  • @onaleemcgraw4048
    @onaleemcgraw4048 Жыл бұрын

    Very good film, excellent performances Thanks for posting!

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    Could not agree more !

  • @mht5875
    @mht5875 Жыл бұрын

    Wow Claude Akins was so young here!

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    And Chuck Connors too !

  • @sharonpolikoff7282
    @sharonpolikoff7282 Жыл бұрын

    Merrill shouldn't have to keep apologizing to his wife for the career he's chosen. She could be more supportive instead of being a wet blanket. This was an interesting film; Toomey and Miss Sterling especially stand out among the competent cast. Thanks for posting!

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for a perceptive analysis of this nifty noir. I had never even heard of it til it was recommended to me here on KZread.

  • @hardshiponthepathwaytopeac2371

    @hardshiponthepathwaytopeac2371

    Жыл бұрын

    Jubal Calif, l guess not learning how to think for yourself has its positives...

  • @catdog2706
    @catdog27065 ай бұрын

    Excellent movie absolutely great actors

  • @aaarauz1
    @aaarauz1 Жыл бұрын

    20 minutes in and it feels like 12 oclock high with Merrill playing the role of Gregory Peck. Good stuff and thanks for sharing this.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    I heartily concur !

  • @rogersmith4834
    @rogersmith4834 Жыл бұрын

    Emile Meyer is the tough cop in this one. In SHANE (1953), his Riker character was the theme of the entire picture, dominating the dialog, and the fccus of the conflict. His acting was powerful and gave us an indelible screen heavy. But Hats Off To Hollywood, he got 6th or 7th billing, among those with their names in the small print. Here, he really shines.

  • @noirfan1943

    @noirfan1943

    Жыл бұрын

    He's so great in Sweet Smell of Success too. I know him mostly from that. Such a thrill to see him here.

  • @p.stephens9305

    @p.stephens9305

    Жыл бұрын

    @@noirfan1943"I call him the boy with the ice cream face"!

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    How right you are ! Could not agree more !

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    @@p.stephens9305 Ha ! I remember that line from "Sweet Smell of Success" ! Emile's corrupt cop Lt. Kello was describing Tony Curtis' sleazy publicity agent character.

  • @aaarauz1

    @aaarauz1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@noirfan1943 'c'mere Sidney, I want to chastise you'

  • @JMorris216
    @JMorris216 Жыл бұрын

    Great movie. Thanks

  • @charlesflinnill978
    @charlesflinnill978 Жыл бұрын

    Thx for upload, great flick. Familiar classic actors.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    Nifty noir indeed. I think Eddie Muller should show it on his TCM "Noir Alley" program.

  • @alfredbonnabel7022
    @alfredbonnabel7022 Жыл бұрын

    Great cast...

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    Indeed ! A wonderfully talented cast.

  • @oxycocus
    @oxycocus22 күн бұрын

    Merrill's Revenge: A great noir-crime thriller. Such a great cast of character actors. Regis Toomey (Guys & Dolls), Emile Meyer (countless westerns), James Westerfield (on the Waterfront, Hang 'em High), Chubby Johnson, Chuck Conners (The Rifleman), Claude Akins. But it doesn't take a genius to recognize Merrill's role is almost a mirror image of his wonderful performance in 12 O'Clock High where he got kicked out of his job, replaced by Gregory Peck. In Human Jungle he replaces Westerfield. Leading up to Merrill's promotion and in the immediate aftermath dialogue is almost identical to 12 O'Clock High. The film could be a case study in personality types and leadership styles.

  • @carlb8378
    @carlb8378 Жыл бұрын

    I see co-actors who went on to be Major Stars . This movie is hitting all the bells & whistles . And please don't get upset with my comments , I'm just having some fun . 😊😊😊

  • @Mrc172
    @Mrc172 Жыл бұрын

    There was a British TV series back in the early 60's called The Human Jungle. It starred Herbert Lom as a psychiatrist.

  • @johnrogan9420

    @johnrogan9420

    Жыл бұрын

    Lom was visited by inspector Clouseau while trying to show he should be released from a mental hospital...of course the Pink Panther ruins that concept...Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom...priceless comedy!

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    YES ! That was a great mid-60s British TV drama ! I watched a handful of episodes years ago here at KZread. Since then they've been removed due to copyright issues. A wonderfully well written & well acted series. Herbert Lom was especially good as the psychiatrist (Dr Roger Corder), who treated a new patient each week.

  • @walte153

    @walte153

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jubalcalif9100 Yes, it was great. Every month or two I do a search to see if somebody posted a few episodes I could watch before they're deleted. So far... no luck.

  • @amethyst9998

    @amethyst9998

    Ай бұрын

    @@jubalcalif9100 That's what I thought this was, with Herbert Lom, so I'm disappointed. Will still watch there due to good write-ups in the comments section. I also watched the series on You Tube and hoped it might have been uploaded again.

  • @whatzause
    @whatzause Жыл бұрын

    A little background: Toomey was 3-1/2 years younger than my dad. They were both children in Pittsburgh. Dad told me that, as a boy, Toomey kept to himself a lot.

  • @carlb8378
    @carlb8378 Жыл бұрын

    I love this movie , I'm gonna save it and watch it a buncha times before I cut it loose . 😊😊😊

  • @trilbywilby7826
    @trilbywilby78264 ай бұрын

    This was a very good movie. Thank you for the upload.

  • @marbleman52
    @marbleman52 Жыл бұрын

    An aspiring young beautiful woman finally gets a part in a movie. She calls her parents: " Hey, Mom & Dad, I'm finally gonna be in a Hollywood movie...hooray !! It's just a short scene. I play a dead girl. All my hard work is paying off..!!"

  • @internetcensure5849

    @internetcensure5849

    Жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @tigerone2353
    @tigerone2353 Жыл бұрын

    Good film. Chuck Conner quite young

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    And Claude Akins too !

  • @tigerone2353

    @tigerone2353

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jubalcalif9100 👍

  • @dannyc.jewell8788
    @dannyc.jewell8788 Жыл бұрын

    The Rifleman and Cheyenne both in one movie

  • @garyolsen3409

    @garyolsen3409

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheyenne

  • @johnrogan9420

    @johnrogan9420

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheyenne

  • @raphaelandrews3617
    @raphaelandrews3617 Жыл бұрын

    I have not seen this before but love the excellent directing.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm currently watching it & it's my first time too. Enjoying it very much. Good cast & script.

  • @tpe54
    @tpe54 Жыл бұрын

    Top shelf noir!... Loved the brewery scene.. I guess product placement is nothing new.

  • @gregmonks

    @gregmonks

    Жыл бұрын

    Product placement was a staple going back centuries. There was a good example in Anne of Green Gables.

  • @phangbrown6178
    @phangbrown6178 Жыл бұрын

    This Film had my adrenaline pumping...........Well done...........I enjoyed this Film.....................Patrick.

  • @auletjohnast03638
    @auletjohnast03638 Жыл бұрын

    🔵🎼BAD BOYS BAD BOYS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO? WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHEN THEY COME FOR YOU!🎵🔴

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    They should learn not to do the crime if they don't wanna do the time....

  • @Linda-oi4pj
    @Linda-oi4pj Жыл бұрын

    Love Merrel and Bette Davis in All About Eve

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    Indubitably ! A true classic. Well written and well cast. Bette and Gary fell in love while making the movie and subsequently got married.

  • @garylampkin4288

    @garylampkin4288

    Жыл бұрын

    One of Gary Merrill's best career moves... marrying the leading lady 😀

  • @zeldasmith6154

    @zeldasmith6154

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@garylampkin4288 He divorced her.

  • @catmother4214
    @catmother4214 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting! I'll definitely watch this film noir tonight. ♥️♥️♥️

  • @ThePiratemachine
    @ThePiratemachine Жыл бұрын

    Didn't know Gary Merill could act so well. And Jan Serling good as usual.

  • @rogersmith4834

    @rogersmith4834

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm a Jan Sterling fan. Loved her in ACE IN THE HOLE (aka THE BIG CARNIVAL). In my 20th Century-Fox days, the closest I got to Ms. Sterling was a chance discovery of her dressing room outside Stage 10. Someone had scrawled her name on a strip of masking tape on a 12-foot trailer.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rogersmith4834 I always liked the late great Jan Sterling. Wonderful actress.

  • @thomastimlin1724
    @thomastimlin1724 Жыл бұрын

    First time i ever saw Gary Merrill was in the very first episode of The Time Tunnel [tv show, 1966-67] playing a senator, bent on shutting the project down. He raised his voice in a scene, and was certainly not "wooden." Since then I have scene many of his films. I suspect the films were wooden and not the actor after watching this performance. As good as anything Humphrey Bogart would have done in the same film/script.

  • @kevinhagopian2072
    @kevinhagopian2072 Жыл бұрын

    Please keep it up, Noir Fan; this is a neglected and important noir.

  • @Kidraver555

    @Kidraver555

    Жыл бұрын

    Not sure this really is 'noir' more 'crime/drama' there is no private detective and the lead role is a copper, what is your definition of noir in terms of plot and character elements, noir is an over used term these days.

  • @noirfan1943

    @noirfan1943

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Kidraver555 Wiki says noir is a "stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations." I also think great character actor performances make noir. A private detective is definitely not required, imho. Gun Crazy is definitely a noir. When I first fell in love with the genre, 20 years ago, I was taught that Detour was one of the first noirs. There's many more examples...

  • @willedelman7960

    @willedelman7960

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Kidraver555 The Big Heat is a noir and has no PI and a cop the central character. This has some similarities to it. In the Big Heat the police department is corrupt. Here it is incompetent. I agree there are a lot of movies on YT described as noir and aren't, but this one strikes me as a prime example.

  • @brinsonopinion

    @brinsonopinion

    Жыл бұрын

    @@noirfan1943 "The Blue Dahlia" is my favorite... no PI in sight.

  • @ValeskaTruax

    @ValeskaTruax

    Жыл бұрын

    Film noir has many different definitions. Not necessary to pigeon hole to enjoy a film.

  • @kojack1129
    @kojack1129 Жыл бұрын

    Great ill be checking here for more like this.

  • @saltydog4759
    @saltydog475922 күн бұрын

    29:23, 41:59, 46:49, 49:35 ~ Stunningly beautiful and dripping with sexuality and always gave brilliant performances. Jan Sterling was hands down my favorite blondie from the 50s.

  • @davidhewson8605
    @davidhewson860511 ай бұрын

    Great movie ! Thanks. Dave

  • @mickeybitsko1676
    @mickeybitsko1676 Жыл бұрын

    Merrill bounced into Frank savage

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 Жыл бұрын

    Gary Merrill made a convincing Colonel in charge of WW2 counter espionage in the 1951 German language movie "enschieden bevor morgengrau " starring Oscar Werner.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds wunderbar ! Would like to see that one ! Always been a big Gary Merrill and Oskar Werner fan.

  • @None-zc5vg

    @None-zc5vg

    Жыл бұрын

    It was also called "Decision Before Dawn"

  • @johnrogan9420

    @johnrogan9420

    Жыл бұрын

    @@None-zc5vg entire movie is interlaced with English and then German speaking with a few Mexican exclamations like entiendo y hasta luego muchachos...still very easy to understand the entire plot!

  • @waynej2608

    @waynej2608

    Жыл бұрын

    Merrill was also impressive in All About Eve, as Bette Davis' director/husband.

  • @cesarelombroso6735
    @cesarelombroso67352 ай бұрын

    Ah an early film with Claude Akins. 😀😀😀

  • @gregmonks
    @gregmonks Жыл бұрын

    Guess who at 19:52? A young Chuck as an extra! Notice how his shoes skate on the pavement? Hobnails, which guys used to stick in their shoes. Young guys used to get in trouble for wearing hobnail shoes to school and wrecking the linoleum. Lots of other young actors who would make it big in later years, including the guy who played the gorilla in Planet of the Apes.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    When you mentioned a cast member who later appeared in "Planet of the Apes", I suppose you mean Claude Akins. He sure played a lot of nogoodniks over the years. This nifty noir overflows with familair faces !

  • @jeanastone6866
    @jeanastone6866 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting!

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    That's the way I fell. It's a rare gem.

  • @dokskwyr4353
    @dokskwyr4353 Жыл бұрын

    Great movie. Looking forward to your next upload.

  • @oldmancigars1869
    @oldmancigars18694 ай бұрын

    .....Gary Merrill is one of the most thorough, professional, and totally committed cigarette smokers known to man, back then, or today.....a man has never lived who loved a cigarette as much as him...

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 Жыл бұрын

    Chuck Connor as the Mexican Suarez...lol

  • @kathleenking47

    @kathleenking47

    Жыл бұрын

    Jack lord played a Mexican too I can't see Irish playing mexican🤣

  • @garylampkin4288

    @garylampkin4288

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kathleenking47 Or, vice versa 😳

  • @ror312gallery19
    @ror312gallery19 Жыл бұрын

    chuck conners , claude aikens,,great cast,,needed a better ending imho, cheers for sharing , robert in italy

  • @steveweinstein3222
    @steveweinstein3222 Жыл бұрын

    Low production values and compulsively watchable - unbeatable combination.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    I heartily concur !

  • @artroraback8663
    @artroraback8663 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @karenhill3970
    @karenhill3970 Жыл бұрын

    Extremely difficult at times being a Police Officer, then and now

  • @denisehall4818
    @denisehall4818 Жыл бұрын

    thanks

  • @patdoyle3686
    @patdoyle36864 ай бұрын

    🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Movie great lines like when the captain 0f police says its a war in crime yet people love soldiers yet hate Cops

  • @thejerseyj5479
    @thejerseyj5479 Жыл бұрын

    The 50's, greatest decade ever.

  • @Mark-gg6iy

    @Mark-gg6iy

    Жыл бұрын

    "We disagree"- Black people. "We agree" - the mafia. "We disagree"- women wanting reproductive healthcare. "We agree"- Catholic church officials that are pedophiles. "We disagree"- victims of American LEO's abuse including murder "We agree"- corrupt white collar criminals including politicians ect. ect. ect.

  • @starvingartistful

    @starvingartistful

    Жыл бұрын

    You mean the 1750´s, right?

  • @deborahlowe5502
    @deborahlowe5502 Жыл бұрын

    Oh it’s definitely noir. Thanks for sharing it.

  • @dennisbruneau351
    @dennisbruneau351 Жыл бұрын

    awesome!

  • @e.d.b.4697
    @e.d.b.4697 Жыл бұрын

    @3:20 "When are these floozies gonna learn?" @19:00 Chuck Conners!

  • @karenhill3970
    @karenhill3970 Жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh ' It Ain't Gonna Be You " ....😘🤣haha Beautiful outfits She wears

  • @rogermaes6001
    @rogermaes6001 Жыл бұрын

    A "cops and thugs" scenario that is both predictable and convoluted, very talkative, with a rather disappointing chase ending. But there's a good local painting and an interesting character study, served up by an excellent cast. Gary Merril, rather dull for such an energetic character (my apology to his fans), the beautiful Paula Raymond, Régis Toomey, as discreet as fair, Lamont Johnson (Lannigan), a happy discovery for me, and especially Chuck Connors impressive, dazzling even here, without forgetting Jane Sterling always so seductive and convincing... Thanks for the discovery

  • @garylampkin4288

    @garylampkin4288

    Жыл бұрын

    I've always been lukewarm on Gary Merrill myself, and this movie didn't change my mind. I did enjoy the interesting twist to the typical noir, which is usually focused on the criminal's viewpoint and angst. Here we have the angsty precinct captain who has a bit of a castrating woman for a wife.

  • @austinsandefer649
    @austinsandefer649 Жыл бұрын

    Love it...

  • @raphaelandrews3617
    @raphaelandrews3617 Жыл бұрын

    38-12 Did you spot a very young Rifleman Chuck Connors playing a gangster in criminal investigation.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    I did ! Crew cut and all !

  • @anthonyhairston4050

    @anthonyhairston4050

    Жыл бұрын

    tall too !! 6,6 wow ! he lives on !

  • @keithharvey7230

    @keithharvey7230

    Жыл бұрын

    Wasn't big Chick in a tv series Arrest and Trial with,I think,Ben Gazara?

  • @walte153

    @walte153

    10 ай бұрын

    @@keithharvey7230 He was also the star of "Branded" and "Cowboy In Africa."

  • @keithharvey7230

    @keithharvey7230

    10 ай бұрын

    @@walte153 He was Jason Cord.

  • @dr.skipkazarian5556
    @dr.skipkazarian55564 ай бұрын

    If you know anything about Los Angeles (or any other big city post World War Two and the cynicism that ran through society) then, you will understand the context of the theme. What makes this gem above par is the "B" cast who perform an "A+" job. Other commenters have nailed the essentials so all I will add is my pet theory of what ended film noir....it was cigarettes!

  • @IamP3ngu1n
    @IamP3ngu1n Жыл бұрын

    34:43 "Leonard Ustick" (Florenz Ames), I seem to recall hearing his voice in animation from the 60's. Maybe "Tooter Turtle" ? Thanks for the post !

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    I looked him up at imdb. He passed away in 1958 at age 75. So he couldn't have done any 1960s voice over work.

  • @corallewis3093
    @corallewis3093 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome ty!

  • @michaelharrington7656
    @michaelharrington7656Ай бұрын

    Thank you for a fine police movie. I must say, though, that the police captain got off lightly. Bullying tactics cost lives and allienate the public. He was an egomaniac.

  • @Northatlantic2012
    @Northatlantic2012 Жыл бұрын

    Absorbing, fast-paced crime film.

  • @kenzeetwo
    @kenzeetwo Жыл бұрын

    Police procedural film about a police captain assigned to take over a demoralized police precinct and turn it around by solving all the unsolved cases as well as some new tough ones.

  • @johnreitz5676
    @johnreitz5676 Жыл бұрын

    Back when men were men, dames were dames and Nashes were police cars.

  • @TrustJesusToday
    @TrustJesusToday Жыл бұрын

    Blue Ribbon product placement.

  • @marlene-rr2ih
    @marlene-rr2ih Жыл бұрын

    good

  • @maryperkins5867
    @maryperkins5867 Жыл бұрын

    He was married to Lucile ball? I guess he was a truly good guy. A lot of guest appearances on game shows. They knew how to enjoy life more after the second world war.

  • @walte153

    @walte153

    10 ай бұрын

    If you mean Gary Merrill... he was married to Bette Davis for a while. Lucille Ball was married to comedian Gary Morton.

  • @jamesmiller4184
    @jamesmiller4184 Жыл бұрын

    NOIRE rocks not sucks! (And thanks aplenty to our French amis et frères!) ' Did not know your channel even existed! It is impossible that I should ever NOT subscribe, and so now have! Merci beaucoup.

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 Жыл бұрын

    Chuck Connor...1:00

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    And not carrying his trusty rifle....

  • @garylampkin4288

    @garylampkin4288

    Жыл бұрын

    A decent early role for the Rifleman 👍

  • @auletjohnast03638
    @auletjohnast03638 Жыл бұрын

    WISH THE BREWERY SCENE WAS IN COLOR.

  • @steveweinstein3222

    @steveweinstein3222

    Жыл бұрын

    There's a reason why it's called film NOIR.

  • @kennyaldrich9542

    @kennyaldrich9542

    Жыл бұрын

    Right so it to could be lame who watches noir and begs for color scenes? Oh, I know!! A MORON. FFRIGGIN COMMONERS...

  • @steveweinstein3222

    @steveweinstein3222

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kennyaldrich9542 THANK YOU! I so prefer B&W flicks. The sharpness can't be matched by color.

  • @jamesshort8660
    @jamesshort8660 Жыл бұрын

    A young Chuck Connors as the murderer

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes ! And dig that crew cut ! He's also a bad guy in the classic 1958 Western "The Big Country". By the time TV's "The Rifleman" came around, he was a good guy.

  • @TrudyPatootie

    @TrudyPatootie

    Жыл бұрын

    *Thanks for spoiling this for others James*

  • @keithharvey7230

    @keithharvey7230

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@jubalcalif9100 Branded

  • @kennelson3848
    @kennelson3848 Жыл бұрын

    It came from within

  • @howlinhonky
    @howlinhonky Жыл бұрын

    Merrill fired about 6 shots in the brewery and managed not to hit any pipes or machinery. 😁

  • @garylampkin4288

    @garylampkin4288

    Жыл бұрын

    👍True, the details and sound design were not on the Director's mind here(probably a tight budget and shooting schedule). But remember, this is fiction and in order for make believe to work, you have to be willing to suspend reality for the hour and a half, erso. 😀

  • @monjiro9186
    @monjiro9186 Жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍👍

  • @keithharvey7230
    @keithharvey72305 ай бұрын

    Was the bar man in tvs Voyage to the bottom of the sea?

  • @robertbrown7408
    @robertbrown7408 Жыл бұрын

    Chuck Connors from Branded ..

  • @darylcumming7119
    @darylcumming7119 Жыл бұрын

    Fifties black and white .classic crime flim .🎉

  • @Richard-me2pq
    @Richard-me2pq2 ай бұрын

    No synopsis in the title heading.

  • @maryanitaschmidt9651
    @maryanitaschmidt9651 Жыл бұрын

    Okay..browsing for this. I may be lame..but is the police chief..the munsters grandpa..or father-in-law of Herman Munster? I feel really like he is..great flic for my mood this morning..seems like i will have to look this question up! Noir to me..if that is a debate& very entertaining dialogue.TY for uploading this.

  • @misterrobert6799

    @misterrobert6799

    Жыл бұрын

    Nope.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    No. Grandpa Munster was played by veteran comedic actor Al Lewis. The chief in this 1954 noir was played by Emile Meyer, who played some notable bad guys. For instance, he played the chief villian (the greedy rancher Rufus Stryker) in the classic 1953 Western "Shane" and later played corrupt cop Lt. Harry Kello in 1957's "Sweet Smell of Success".

  • @howlinhonky

    @howlinhonky

    Жыл бұрын

    When I heard his voice I thought for a moment that he was Al Lewis. Then realized he was much too tall.

  • @keithharvey7230

    @keithharvey7230

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@jubalcalif9100 priest in Paths of glory.

  • @karenhill3970
    @karenhill3970 Жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh what a awesome movie Need these tactics more & more across America at least in Republican cities Police are respectful & probably use ...these tectics need to be in Democratic cities. Great acting ..,& lingo.......🇺🇸

  • @Franklin-pc3xd
    @Franklin-pc3xd4 ай бұрын

    Is the police chief a younger Uncle Fester...or Grandpa Munster...I always get those two confused?

  • @austinsandefer649
    @austinsandefer649 Жыл бұрын

    A real zingerroo...

  • @LydellFisk
    @LydellFisk5 ай бұрын

    Just me, or is Gary Merrill channeling Jack Webb?

  • @captainbart
    @captainbart5 ай бұрын

    Danforth (Gary Merrill) is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, ...

  • @daviddowns7552
    @daviddowns7552 Жыл бұрын

    jan sterling,, just cant say enough about the gal. she is a great actress. caged,,womens prison,, the untouchables in the kiss of death girl. i really dig jan.🤍

  • @discerningmind
    @discerningmind6 ай бұрын

    Of the many vintage films that I've watched, I've never heard the script use the term "fags." That really surprised me. I guess in 1954 it was OK with the Hays Code, (1930-1967). Interestingly, it wasn't included with the subtitles/close captions turned on. 37:50

  • @noirfan1943

    @noirfan1943

    6 ай бұрын

    I assumed he was saying "vags" for vagabonds. That makes more sense to me in context. This is a hays code movie, so, as I understand it, just as they wouldn't have cursed, they wouldn't have used slurs either.

  • @jamesmiller4184
    @jamesmiller4184 Жыл бұрын

    And too, we had then "The Blackboard Jungle" with lots and lots of 'juvenile delinquents' !! We are very lucky that this class of miscreant, wrongly-guided youth exists no longer. Now we have instead the so gentle and very feeling Wokiees, which only desire is to improve things all-round! (And, not to be confused with any Wookies of Star Wars fame -- hairy carping creatures that were tough and blustery, and could tear one's head right off if irritated beyond some point not knowable!) Those type gone-wrong delinquents then lead us directly to "The Beat Generation," which youth and young adults were mostly concerned with the meaning of life, cool music, jiving, chess and coffee, and of course philosophizing. (We're talking here Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsburg.) From those we saw the "Rise of the Beatniks," which species was mostly a fashion taken up by part-time wannabe real Beat types. And from out of those and with all caution and hesitancy as thrown rudely aside, came out Glorious Hippydom, where no bars to LOVE -- LOVE -- LOVE were to be tolerated. Even the depressed gays of that time were technically not to be excluded but, sometimes were kinda, old anti-habits dying hard and all but, generally all worked out rather nicely post that learning curve, for LOVE's Supreme Purpose. Of course there were other classes of semi-types that developed between those early ones, and our own Wokiees of this day but, with those I am not so familiar, and therefor cannot describe nor opine-upon them, only cogitate wonderingly. And THERE you have it -- from the juveniles of odious delinquency -- to our far-improved younger ones of our own day! "History deserves to be remembered."

  • @petegregory517
    @petegregory517 Жыл бұрын

    6’6” Chuck Conners can’t catch a girl, in heels, for 2 1/2 blocks +? Wellll…..ok, that’s believable.

  • @howlinhonky

    @howlinhonky

    Жыл бұрын

    Well... he was also only an athlete in 2 professional sports 😁

  • @garylampkin4288

    @garylampkin4288

    Жыл бұрын

    Just because you're tall, it doesn't necessarily equate to speed and agility. 😳 He was very good with a rifle, though.

  • @petegregory517

    @petegregory517

    Жыл бұрын

    @@howlinhonky ....and ambidextrous.

  • @petegregory517

    @petegregory517

    Жыл бұрын

    @@garylampkin4288 yeah, A guy on my softball team was 6-2. Legs as long as a giraffe. Doubt he could catch a cold.

  • @christiansirnam6286
    @christiansirnam6286 Жыл бұрын

    This has a thin, rather unsophisticated plot ...

  • @karenhill3970
    @karenhill3970 Жыл бұрын

    Oh wow theres Chet Atkins!! ..love these cool ole movies you learn so much & so entertaining...." In the cooler" slugged her" start singing" hotheads" .......you fracture me" 😂 Such horrible non- morals criminals ...

  • @jerseymike7946

    @jerseymike7946

    Жыл бұрын

    CLAUDE Akins. Chet was the guitar legend.

  • @BillyAlabama
    @BillyAlabama Жыл бұрын

    Big Gary Merrill fan here.

  • @jubalcalif9100

    @jubalcalif9100

    Жыл бұрын

    One of my faves too ! Solid dependable actor.

  • @kathleenking47

    @kathleenking47

    Жыл бұрын

    He seemed to age in 10 years

  • @maryperkins5867
    @maryperkins5867 Жыл бұрын

    Gary Merrill was married to bette Davis for a while.

  • @barneyronnie
    @barneyronnie Жыл бұрын

    He'll back up any officer that has to use force!

  • @tulayamalavenapi4028

    @tulayamalavenapi4028

    Жыл бұрын

    & stand behind an accidental shooting.