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The Square Jungle is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jerry Hopper released in USA on 30 december 1955 with Tony Curtis
The Square Jungle (1955)
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Add to a movie listThe Square Jungle is a 1956 film starring Tony Curtis as a boxer. The drama also stars Pat Crowley and Ernest Borgnine.
Former heavyweight champion of the world Joe Louis appears as himself.
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Pat Quaid, an alcoholic San Francisco widower, ends up in jail. His grocery-clerk son, Eddie, needs $25 to bail him out. When he can't borrow it, Eddie enters an amateur fight contest and wins it.Actors
Tony Curtis
(Eddie Quaid / Packy Glennon)
Barney Phillips
(Dan Selby)
Pat Crowley
(Julie Walsh)
Ernest Borgnine
(Bernie Browne)
Paul Kelly
(Jim McBride)
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