The Chicago thug

Movie
German title	The Chicago thug
Original title	The Square Jungle
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1955
length	86 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Jerry Hopper
script	George Zuckerman
production	Albert Zugsmith
music	Henry Mancini Heinz Roemheld
camera	George Robinson
cut	Paul Weatherwax
occupation
Tony Curtis : Eddie Quaid aka Packy Glennon Pat Crowley : Julie Ernest Borgnine : Bernie Browne Paul Kelly : Jim McBride Jim Backus : Pat Quaid Leigh Snowden : Lorraine Evans John at home : Al Gorski John Marley : Tommy Dillon Joe Louis plays himself David Janssen : Jack Carmen McRae : singer John Marley : Tommy Dillon Barney Phillips : Dan Selby Joseph Vitale : Tony Adamson Kay Stewart : Mrs. Gorski

The bat of Chicago (original title: The Square Jungle , loosely translated: "The square jungle") is an American feature film from 1955 by Jerry Hopper . The script was written by George Zuckerman . The main roles are cast with Tony Curtis , Pat Crowley and Ernest Borgnine . The work was first shown in cinemas on December 30, 1955 in the United States. In the Federal Republic of Germany you could see the film from June 29, 1956 on the screen.

action

Old Pat Quaid is sentenced to 20 days in prison for starting a drunken brawl. His son Eddie only found out about this from the father of his girlfriend Julie Walsh. In addition, Mike Walsh also demands that the boy stay away from his daughter in the future. After she says nothing about her father's words, Eddie leaves the apartment angrily.

Police officer Jim McBride agrees to release Pat Quaid on a $ 25 fine. Eddie can only muster ten though. Therefore, he takes part in a boxing match for the first time, in which the winner is offered a bonus. With great difficulty Eddie manages to send his opponent onto the boards. McBride, who witnessed the fight, is surprised by Eddie's talent. This is how he helps him find a good coach. After Eddie learned from his father that he was a successful boxer himself under the pseudonym "Packy Glennon" at a young age, he also adopts this name, which makes his father happy. In Bernie Browne, Packy wins an excellent coach.

Three years later, Packy met Al Gorski, the middleweight champion, in the ring. In the third round, the newcomer manages to knock down his opponent. Packy Glennon is the new world champion. At the subsequent celebration, Julie Walsh bursts into a tête-à-tête between Packy and Lorraine Evans, during which Packy - in the best memory of the rough treatment he received from Julie's father - rudely treats his ex-girlfriend. When he learns that her father has meanwhile taken his own life, he runs after Julie, but now it is she who no longer wants to know anything about the old friendship. But old Pat Quaid manages to reconcile the two hotheads.

In the rematch against Al Gorski, referee Tommy Dillon breaks off the fight in the third round and declares Gorski the winner. Then Packy - against the advice of his coach - breaks a heated argument with the referee from the fence. At the third meeting of the two boxers, Packy beats his opponent ready for hospital.

After days of searching, Pat Quaid and Jim McBride find the missing Packy drunk in a hotel in New Orleans. Without resistance, Packy - now Eddie Quaid again - lets the two bring him home. Since his last fight, the boy has changed. He never wants to be in the ring again. Worried about his son, old Quaid seeks help from Bernie Browne.

Eddie reluctantly lets Julie, McBride and his father take Eddie to a boxing match. When Eddie discovers his former opponent in the ring, he suddenly wants to flee. But Al Gorski, who has been ordered here by Bernie, finds the right words and offers Eddie his hand. He can now breathe freely again.

Synchronization of the most important roles

role	actor	Dubbing voice
Eddie Quaid	Tony Curtis	Sebastian Fischer
Julia Walsh	Pat Crowley	Marianne Mosa
Bernie Browne	Ernest Borgnine	Wolf Martini
Jim McBride	Paul Kelly	Kurt Waitzmann
Pat Quaid	Jim Backus	Walther Suessenguth
Lorraine Evans	Leigh Snowden	Gisela Trowe

criticism

The lexicon of international films does not have a particularly good opinion of the film . It draws the following conclusion: "Cliché dealing with tough fights and a mild disposition."

source

Program for the film: Illustrierte Film-Bühne , Verlag FILM-BÜHNE GmbH, Munich, number 3319

Web links

• The racket from Chicago in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Four pictures from the film at Cinema.de
• Movie poster

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 3276