The Concrete Jungle | |
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Directed by | Tom DeSimone |
Written by | Alan J. Adler |
Produced by | Billy Fine Mark L. Rosen |
Starring | Jill St. John Tracey E. Bregman Barbara Luna Sean O'Kane Sondra Currie |
Cinematography | Andrew W. Friend |
Edited by | Nino di Marco |
Music by | Joseph Conlan |
Distributed by | Motion Picture Marketing |
Release date | September 3, 1982 |
Running time | 99 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $700,000 [1] |
Box office | $11 million [1] |
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