Female Jungle
Female Jungle movie poster
Directed by	Bruno VeSota
Produced by	Burt Kaiser
Written by	Burt Kaiser Bruno VeSota
Starring	Burt Kaiser Kathleen Crowley John Carradine Lawrence Tierney Jayne Mansfield
Cinematography	Elwood Bredell
Editing by	Carl Pingitore
Distributed by	American Releasing Corporation (ARC)
Release date(s)	1955 U.S. release
Running time	73 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

Female Jungle is a 1955 black-and-white B-movie notable for being one of Jane Mansfield's first films. It's rumored that Mansfield was paid $150 USD for her role in the film. The movie, which was held from release for over a year, was later reissued as "Hangover". Image File history File links The Female Jungle This is a copyrighted poster. ... Kathleen Crowley (born December 26, 1931) was a blonde American actress who specialized in being phenomenally seductive in TV series and movies. ... John Carradine (February 5, 1906 - November 27, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films and Westerns. ... Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill (1947) Lawrence Tierney (March 15, 1919 – (February 26, 2002) was an American actor. ... Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer, April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress and Playboy centerfold. ... Noted cinematographer Elwood Bredell was the lens man for such films as The Killers (1946 film) and The Unsuspected (1947). ... // Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts. ... // Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts. ... Black-and-white or black and white) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ... The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... Jayne Mansfield Jayne Mansfield (April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress and sex symbol. ...

A cop (Tierney) is suspected of killing a gorgeous film star. Since he was extremely drunk at the time, even he suspects that he did it. As he investigates the murder, a slimy gossip columnist (Carradine) who spent time with the woman that night becomes the main suspect. But he also becomes a red herring when a third man is finally found to be the real killer.

Death on the Cheap by Arthur Lyons writes that the film, although "shoddily written, produced and directed", is significant for several reasons: "It was American International's only foray into film noir... The film also marked a return to the screen of noir icon Lawrence Tierney, whose off-screen bar brawls and numerous arrests during the 1940s had made him persona non grata in Hollywood." Look up Persona non grata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Notable cast members

• John Carradine as Claude Almstead
• Lawrence Tierney as Det. Sgt. Jack Stevens
• Jayne Mansfield as Candy Price

John Carradine (February 5, 1906 - November 27, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films and Westerns. ... Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill (1947) Lawrence Tierney (March 15, 1919 – (February 26, 2002) was an American actor. ... Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer, April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress and Playboy centerfold. ...

Reference

• Arthur Lyons (2000). Death on the Cheap The Lost B Movies of Film Noir!. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80996-6.