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The Garment Jungle (1957)

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The struggle of a lady's garment workers' organization to unionize a New York clothing sweat shop; the owner of which is determined to keep the union out of his business at any cost.

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14 July 2012 | LeonLouisRicci
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| "Stay out of it...or it's your baby's legs next"
The struggle for the worker to get a decent living wage with a few benefits has been removed from the consciousness of the proletariat since Ronald Reagan broke the ATC union in the eighties. Since then the populace has been persuaded into believing that the worker is best left to the trickle down generosity of the employer.

This film is a throwback to that struggle and has a message packed with a powerhouse persona of greed, violence, and suppression. It utilizes realistic on location street photography to give a hard boiled and bitter verisimilitude. There are other flashes of "realism" not usually found in typical Hollywood films.

Some very slick indoor photography and gripping performances throughout deliver this expose in a package marked "stay out of it, or its your baby's legs next". Tough stuff for the conservative, establishment, 1950's.

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Trivia

Ít has been alleged that Robert Aldrich was removed from " The Garment Jungle " by Columbia head honcho Harry Cohn, when he realised that the megalomaniac Studio head, played by Rod Steiger, in " The Big Knife ' was based on himself.

Quotes

Artie Ravidge: A real troublemaker, that one. But don't you worry; this stuff'll move, it'll move. When I get done with him, he won't bother us no more.
Alan Mitchell: What are you going to do?
Artie Ravidge: Never mind. I'm going to educate that Union real good to lay off us.
Alan Mitchell: Dad, are you ...
Walter Mitchell: ...

Goofs

The baby that Robert Loggia is holding in the office and hallway of the Dress Union building is different when he enters another room. The first baby is younger with short blondish hair. The other baby is much bigger with longer, blackish hair.

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Genres

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller

Details

Release Date:

25 April 1957

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Manhattan Center - 311 West 34th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,050,000 (estimated)

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