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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Directed by John Huston

Crime

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Overview

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar “Doc” Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

Rated NR | Length 112 minutes

Actors

Sol Gorss | Sterling Hayden | Marc Lawrence | Marilyn Monroe | Louis Calhern | Jack Warden | James Whitmore | Strother Martin | Sam Jaffe | Jean Hagen | Brad Dexter | John Crawford | Anthony Caruso | George Lynn | John Cliff | Jeff York | Helene Stanley | Don Haggerty | Henry Rowland | David Clarke | John McIntire | Alberto Morin | Alex Gerry | Thomas Browne Henry | Mack Chandler | Tim Ryan | Gene Evans | John Maxwell | James Seay | Barry Kelley | Frank Cady | Ray Teal | Mary Anderson | Harlan Warde | Chuck Courtney | Teresa Celli | William 'Wee Willie' Davis | Dorothy Tree | David Bond | Henry Corden | Fred Graham | Victor Wood | Ralph Montgomery | Raymond Roe | Benny Burt | Ralph Dunn | Pat Flaherty | Wilson Wood | Eloise Hardt | Ray Bennett | Charles Sherlock | Howard M. Mitchell | Judith Wood | Gene Coogan | Chet Brandenburg | William Washington | Patricia Miller | Jack Shea | Wesley Hopper | J. Lewis Smith | Harry Cody | Jean Carter | Constance Weiler | Fred Marlow | Kerry O'Day | J.J. Smith | Joseph Darr Smith | Leah Wakefield

Viewing Notes

The Asphalt Jungle is a brilliant piece of noir filmmaking by none other than John Huston, starring one of my favorite, criminally underrated actors, Sterling Hayden (who also starred in another classic noir, The Killing, by another great director, Stanley Kubrick) as Dix Handley.

Everything goes tragically wrong for almost everyone in this great heist film. While Marilyn Monroe gets mentioned a lot for her part in this film, the actress who plays Doll Conovan, Dix’s unrequited love, Jean Hagen, is great. She’s also quietly beautiful in an understated role.

The Asphalt Jungle would make a good noir double bill with The Killing. I’d love to own them both on Blu some day.

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