The Garment Jungle
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by |
Vincent Sherman Robert Aldrich |
| Produced by | Harry Kleiner |
| Screenplay by | Harry Kleiner |
| Based on | articles "Gangsters in the Dress Business" by Lester Velie |
| Starring |
Lee J. Cobb Kerwin Mathews Gia Scala |
| Music by | Leith Stevens |
| Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
| Edited by | William Lyon |
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Columbia Pictures
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,050,000 |
| Box office | 260,086 admissions (France) |
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.
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.
Vincent Sherman replaced Aldrich towards the end of filming.
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