The Jungle

Lithuanian immigrant, Jurgis Rudkus, gains a job in the Chicago stockyards. Once working at the stockyards he meets and marries Ona. But due to cut backs at the stockyards, loses his job, and they fall into financial hardship. Ona, in order to get money to feed their child, engages in sexual activity with her husband's foreman, Connor. Connor, rapes her. When Rudkus finds out about the affair, he throws Connor into a cattle pen where he is killed. While in prison Ona dies. When Rudkus gets out of prison he becomes an advocate for women via the Socialist Party. Considered a lost film.

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Drama
Release Date

May 25, 1914

Duration: 55 min

Popularity: 0.1106
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Directed by

George IrvingJack PrattAugustus E. Thomas

Productions

All Star Feature Film Corp.

Budget

Revenue: NA

Crew & Team

Upton Sinclair

Executive Producer

Augustus E. Thomas

Producer

Archibald Selwyn

Producer

Harry Raver

Producer