| The Criminal | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Losey |
| Screenplay by | Alun Owen |
| Story by | Jimmy Sangster (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Jack Greenwood |
| Starring | Stanley Baker Sam Wanamaker Grégoire Aslan Margit Saad |
| Cinematography | Robert Krasker |
| Edited by | Reginald Mills |
| Music by | John Dankworth |
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| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated (UK) |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £60,000[1] |
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 robbing a racetrack, with both the authorities and the criminal underworld looking for the money.
Alun Owen wrote the screenplay, from a story by an uncredited Jimmy Sangster. John Dankworth composed the musical score, with a title song sung by Cleo Laine. The ensemble supporting cast features Jill Bennett, Rupert Davies, Laurence Naismith, Patrick Magee and Murray Melvin in his film debut.
The film is noted for its harsh and violent portrayal of prison life which led it to be banned in several countries, including Finland and Ireland.
- ^ Caute, David (1994). Joseph Losey. Oxford University Press. p. 139.
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