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The Criminal (released in the United States as The Concrete Jungle) is a 1960 British neo-noir crime film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker, Grégoire Aslan, Jill Bennett, and Margit Saad. Baker plays Johnny Bannion, a recently-paroled gangster (patterned after Albert Dimes [2]) who is sent back to prison after ...
- £60,000
- John Dankworth
- Jack Greenwood
The Concrete Jungle: Directed by Joseph Losey. With Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker, Grégoire Aslan, Margit Saad. In the UK, after pulling a racetrack robbery, repeat offender Johnny Bannion hides the loot in a farmer's field but the police and the local mob come looking for Johnny and the money.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Joseph Losey
- 1962-05-24
45th film of 2024: The Criminal (Losey, 1960) a gritty and hard hitting UK crime drama directed by Joseph Losey who fled to Europe to after being accused of Communist leanings in the 1950s by HUAC. Stanley Baker plays Irish criminal Johnny Bannion who while serving time in prison has been planning a large heist of 40,000 pounds from a London ...
- (1.2K)
- Merton Park Studios
- Joseph Losey
This makes for vibrant prison scenes, as loner Bannion finds himself in an increasing bind but it also means the other elements of the film, particularly Bannion's love interest and his ex-girlfriend (Jill Bennett, cheerfully unhinged), feel undercooked. The film succeeds much more on the level of general mood, with Baker creating a constant ...
paul d The Criminal, aka The Concrete Jungle, is a tense, mesmerizing British crime drama from Joseph Losey in 1960. It has a very gritty, genuine feel. The excellent cinematography is lean and ...
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- Stanley Baker
- Joseph Losey
- Crime, Drama
The Criminal is a 1960 British neo-noir crime film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker, Grégoire Aslan, Jill Bennett, and Margit Saad. Baker plays Johnny Bannion, a recently-paroled gangster who is sent back to prison after robbing a racetrack, with both the authorities and the criminal underworld looking for the money.
THE CRIMINAL (1960) The Criminal, directed by Joseph Losey and starring Stanley Baker, has been difficult to get to see up until recently, but has now been released on DVD so should get a higher profile. It is a key film in the ouevre of Stanley Baker (see my page on Baker, called 'both side of the law', on this website) but perhaps it is not ...
