Jungle Street is a 1961 black and white British crime drama directed by Charles Saunders and starring David McCallum, Kenneth Cope, and Jill Ireland, about a young man who attempts to escape his working-class background and win the girl he loves through crime. The film was the first of three films produced by the Theatrecraft production company in the early 1960s. It was later released in the United States under the title Jungle Street Girls. Plot The credits roll as a number 12 double decker bus headed for Harlesden drives through London. It stops in Shepherd's Bush. An elderly man gets off and is mugged by a young man in an alley. We then go to the Adam and Eve Club, where girls perform erotic dances on stage. In the club lobby car mechanic (and petty criminal) Terry Collins (David McCallum) speaks with Joe Lucas (Brian Weske) at the outer bar and asks to see the owner - gangster Jacko Fielding (John Chandos). Jacko is with his main girl, Sue. Julie, the hatcheck girl brings in the evening's takings and Terry eyes it greedily. In the club Terry watches Sue strip and lights a cigarette at the bar. The audience is mainly old men. Terry is obsessed with the star stripper Sue (Jill Ireland), but is unable to pursue her openly because the wealthy and powerful Jacko is interested in her. In Terry's working class home he bickers with his parents over breakfast. Terry belittles his father and his beer-drinking. The morning paper (Daily Express) informs Terry that he killed his victim - the man at the start of the film. His mother sees the headline and hopes they hang the murderer. At the police station two plain clothes police interview Joe Lucas who says he spent the night with Dimples - one of the dancers at the club. The police seem to think the murder is connected to the club and so ask about all the men there. Johnny Calvert appears at Terry's mum's house looking for Terry. He is not home but she invites him in and they chat. The police spot Johnny and check him out - he has been in prison for robbery. Joe confronts Terry in the club and hints that he knows he did it. Terry punches him confirming his idea. The girls appear and Terry remains in a mood. The bouncer knocks him