{"id":4045,"date":"2007-08-26T12:26:07","date_gmt":"2007-08-26T19:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4045"},"modified":"2021-06-06T13:21:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T20:21:57","slug":"female-jungle-hangover-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4045","title":{"rendered":"Female Jungle \/ Hangover (1955)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There were at least a dozen people at that party who Monica Madison hurt on the way out; each one of them had a good reason to kill her.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Poster-214x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-72529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Poster-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Poster-91x128.png 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Poster-193x270.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Poster.png 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn off-duty cop (Lawrence Tierney) who has spent the night drinking heavily and can&#8217;t remember his actions tries to clear his name by investigating the mysterious murder of an actress (Eve Brent), who was last seen with gossip columnist Claude Almstead (John Carradine). Meanwhile, a caricaturist (Burt Kaiser) who has been cheating on his wife (Kathleen Crowley) with a blonde vamp (Jayne Mansfield) thinks he may have important information about the murder.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jayne Mansfield Films<\/li>\n<li>John Carradine Films<\/li>\n<li>Lawrence Tierney Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Police<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis low-budget noir-thriller was the directorial debut of character actor Bruno VeSota, who starred in several of Roger Corman&#8217;s AIP flicks (including <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3108\"><em>Bucket of Blood<\/em><\/a>) &#8212; but it&#8217;s perhaps even more notable as the first significant screen appearance of Jayne Mansfield (who was paid $150 for her work, and promptly went back to her job selling popcorn). Unfortunately, it&#8217;s a flawed film: the screenplay is muddled, with too many characters introduced as potential suspects; the ending is frustratingly vague (just when we think things are resolved, another twist is hinted at); and the acting is uneven (Crowley as the artist&#8217;s wife is particularly bad). Yet the entire affair is at least partially redeemed by a couple of noteworthy performances (Tierney and Carradine), and an effectively dark-and-dirty B-level atmosphere; as noted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=870&#038;aff=13\">Graeme Clark&#8217;s Spinning Image review<\/a>, <em>Female Jungle<\/em> takes place entirely at night, with neither dusk nor dawn to signal the presence of daylight life. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lawrence Tierney as the guilt-ridden cop<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney2-1024x764.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney2-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney2-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney2-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney2-362x270.png 362w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney2.png 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Carradine as Almstead<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Carradine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Carradine-1024x771.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Carradine-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Carradine-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Carradine-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Carradine-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Carradine-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Carradine.png 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jayne Mansfield as &#8220;Candy&#8221; &#8212; no great actress, but exuding sexual allure<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Mansfield.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Mansfield-1024x750.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Mansfield-1024x750.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Mansfield-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Mansfield-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Mansfield-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Mansfield-369x270.png 369w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Mansfield.png 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Effective noir cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney-1024x777.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney-1024x777.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney-356x270.png 356w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Tierney.png 1349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Cinematography-1024x765.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Cinematography-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Cinematography-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Cinematography-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Cinematography-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Cinematography-361x270.png 361w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Female-Jungle-Cinematography.png 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plenty of juicy B-level dialogue between Mansfield and Kaiser:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8220;With or without violins, I&#8217;d call this a brush-off.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;You and I just don&#8217;t add up together.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;You&#8217;re lying &#8212; just like the phony paint on yer face!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;You&#8217;re good for nothing, but I&#8217;m crazy for you.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. While notable as Mansfield&#8217;s first significant on-screen appearance, this one is for B-budget noir fans only.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0049204\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=870&#038;aff=13\">The Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There were at least a dozen people at that party who Monica Madison hurt on the way out; each one of them had a good reason to kill her.&#8221; Synopsis: An off-duty cop (Lawrence Tierney) who has spent the night drinking heavily and can&#8217;t remember his actions tries to clear his name by investigating the mysterious murder of an actress (Eve Brent), who was last seen with gossip columnist Claude Almstead (John Carradine). Meanwhile, a caricaturist (Burt Kaiser) who has&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4045\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4045"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72530,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045\/revisions\/72530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}