
Scum(1979)
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.


“Behind these bars everybody belongs to someone.”
An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women's correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survive.

Jill St. John
Warden Fletcher

Tracey E. Bregman
Elizabeth

BarBara Luna
Cat
June Barrett
Icy

Aimée Eccles
Spider

Sondra Currie
Katherine

Peter Brown
Danny
Susan Mechsner
Breaker

Karen Sheperd
Kung Fu

Robert Miano
Stone
The Concrete Jungle is a crime, drama film released in 1982 exploring themes of corruption, women's prison, survival, warden. Directed by Tom DeSimone, it stars Jill St. John, Tracey E. Bregman, BarBara Luna. An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women's correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survive.
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