The Garment Jungle

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The Garment Jungle

film by Sherman [1957]

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Robert Aldrich
Early work
Aldrich had almost completed The Garment Jungle (1957) when he was fired from the production for refusing to tone down the script’s frank portrayal of New York’s crime-infested garment industry; Vincent Sherman finished the drama. Aldrich next directed the World War II films The Angry Hills (1959), with Robert…
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Aldrich had almost completed The Garment Jungle (1957) when he was fired from the production for refusing to tone down the script’s frank portrayal of New York’s crime-infested garment industry; Vincent Sherman finished the drama. Aldrich next directed the World War II films The Angry Hills (1959), with Robert…
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Vincent Sherman
Graylisting and later work
…to the big screen was The Garment Jungle (1957), an exposé of efforts to keep a dressmaking company from unionizing; much of the film was helmed by Robert Aldrich, but he was fired and replaced by Sherman. After the British production The Naked Earth (1959), Sherman made The Young Philadelphians…
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…to the big screen was The Garment Jungle (1957), an exposé of efforts to keep a dressmaking company from unionizing; much of the film was helmed by Robert Aldrich, but he was fired and replaced by Sherman. After the British production The Naked Earth (1959), Sherman made The Young Philadelphians…
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