The Asphalt Jungle (1950) 7.9
A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel. Director:John Huston |
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950) 7.9
A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel. Director:John Huston |
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Sterling Hayden | ... | ||
Louis Calhern | ... | ||
Jean Hagen | ... | ||
James Whitmore | ... | ||
Sam Jaffe | ... | ||
John McIntire | ... |
Police Commissioner Hardy
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Marc Lawrence | ... |
Cobby
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Barry Kelley | ... |
Lt. Ditrich
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Anthony Caruso | ... |
Louis Ciavelli
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Teresa Celli | ... |
Maria Ciavelli
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Marilyn Monroe | ... |
Angela Phinlay
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William 'Wee Willie' Davis | ... |
Timmons
(as William Davis)
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Dorothy Tree | ... |
May Emmerich
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Brad Dexter | ... |
Bob Brannom
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John Maxwell | ... |
Dr. Swanson
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When the intelligent criminal Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider is released from prison, he seeks a fifty thousand-dollar investment from the bookmaker Cobby to recruit a small gang of specialists for a million-dollar heist of jewels from a jewelry. Doc is introduced to the lawyer Alonzo D. Emmerich that offers to finance the whole operation and buy the gems immediately after the burglary. Doc hires the safecracker Louis Ciavelli, the driver Gus Minissi and the gunman Dix Handley to the heist. His plan works perfectly but bad luck and betrayals compromise the steps after the heist and the gangsters need to flee from the police. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE is a sometimes unsung triumph of director/writer John Huston. Sterling Hayden plays a down and out hoodlum who pairs up with cheesecake obcessed master thief Sam Jaffee. The seedy urbane characters that populate their world keep you glued to the screen. Marilyn Monroe is perfect as the spoiled mistress of crooked lawyer Louis Calhern. James Whitmore deserved an Oscar for his role as Gus, the diner owner with a fondness for kittens and crime. Has a great look, will make you pine for more black and white.