Concrete Jungle (The Criminal) (1961)
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Movie Info
Cast
as Johnny Bannion
as Mike Carter
as Frank Saffron
as Suzanne
as Mr. Edwards
as Mr. Town
as Formby
as Prison Governor
as Priest
as Prison Doctor
as Clobber
as Chief Warden Barrows
as Kelly
as Sol
as Scout
as Snipe
as Pauly Larkin
as Alfredo Fanucci
as Warder Brown
as Flynn
as O'Hara
as Hanson
as Ted
as Charles
as Men at Party
as Kitchen Warder
as Frightened Prisoner
as Nicholls
as Antlers
as Warder in Van
as Quantock
as West Indian Prisoner
as 1st Man in Prison
as Angela
as Young warder
as Mr. Able
Critic Reviews for Concrete Jungle (The Criminal)
All Critics (7) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)
Not a shot is wasted, [Losey's] control over his material, his actors, and his visuals is more rigorous and more strikingly personal than before. In The Criminal he has at last fought his way to the top.
A cold-hearted portrait of the consequences reaped from hot-blooded follies.
Even though the physical violence is kept to a minimum, Losey uses the sound of a riot to help feed the mounting oppression, mirroring the psychological turmoil within Bannion himself.
Neither a dynamic central performance, nor a director and script-writer of individual talent, can conceal the frayed conventions of a story-line largely irrelevant to this film's main purpose.
Losey is an incomparable engineer of frenzy
Losey does an excellent job of depicting the brutality of both prison life and the British underworld.
Audience Reviews for Concrete Jungle (The Criminal)
i like stanley baker and this is a showcase for him as a tough loner who is outmaneuvered by a criminal gang. most of it takes place in prison where he is quite at ease as a top dog. then he's released and pulls a robbery with some associates and everything starts to come apart. losey throws u in the midst and at times it's hard to get your bearings but stay with it for the great final scene
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