The Criminal ( Concrete Jungle )

The Criminal (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Concrete Jungle
Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1960 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Joseph Losey

Written By:
Alun Owen

Actors:
Stanley Baker ..... Johnny Bannion
Sam Wanamaker ..... Mike Carter
Grégoire Aslan ..... Frank Saffron
Margit Saad ..... Suzanne
Jill Bennett ..... Maggie
Rupert Davies ..... Edwards
Laurence Naismith ..... Mr. Town
John Van Eyssen ..... Formby
Noel Willman ..... Prison Governor
Derek Francis ..... Priest
Redmond Phillips ..... Prison Doctor
Kenneth J. Warren ..... Clobber (as Kenneth Warren)
Patrick Magee ..... Barrows
Robert Adams ..... Judas
Kenneth Cope ..... Kelly

Synopsis:

Directed by American expatriate Joseph Losey, the British The Criminal is a gloom-wallow elevated by superb performances. Top crook Stanley Baker plans a clever bank robbery. It goes off hitchless, but the clerk responsible for "laundering" the stolen money insists upon a bigger percentage of the take, else he'll blow the whistle. Baker hides the money, whereupon he is turned over to the law by his ex-girlfriend, who is in cahoots with the clerk. Baker refuses to reveal the whereabouts of the loot, so his old gang arranges to have him broken out of jail -- and also arranges for Baker's "accidental" demise. Appearing as the greedy clerk in Concrete Jungle is Sam Wanamaker, who like Joseph Losey fled to England as a result of the Hollywood blacklist.

After rising to the top of the inmate pecking order, a con is released after three years and plots a heist on a racetrack. He launders and hides the money, but his once trusting girlfriend decides to turn him in, and he faces a long term unless he tells the police where the money is hidden.

Story of an ex-prisoner's (Banion's) daring robbery - a £40,000 racecourse take. Banion is caught and re-imprisoned within two hours of the crime and goes on to lose the money and his life for the love of a girl (Suzanne).

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 12 June, 2009.

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