The Steel Jungle

For the life of me I can't figure out what the comment in my summary line was supposed to mean. It was uttered by Warden Keller (Walter Abel) to the prison psychiatrist Dr.

Perry Lopez is one of a number of not so well known actors of Latino ancestry who tried to make a career in old Hollywood, with its prejudices and casting limitations. This fairly conventional prison picture gives him a rare starring role, in which he acquits himself admirably, as a bookie trying to support a wife and a baby she's going to have soon.

I did not know Warner Pictures made B movies in the 50's. Even if this one runs 86mn.

****SPOILERS**** It's when local bookie Ed Novak, Perry Lopez, got busted for taking illegal bets the support he was to get from the mob, by fixing the case and paying off the judge, became non-existent with the book being thrown at him. With his wife Frances, Beverly Garland, expecting or being in the family way Novak will spend his time behind bars not being able to see if first born when he or she's delivered in the hospital maternity ward.

THE STEEL JUNGLE – 1956This 1956 Warner Brothers film is an effective prison noir from late in the cycle. Headlining the cast are Perry Lopez, Ted de Corsia, Bev Garland, Leo Gordon, Walter Abel, Ken Tobey and Greg Walcott.