The Asphalt Jungle
by John Huston
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Actor: James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe, Sterling HaydenDirector: John Huston
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Harold Rosson
Writer: John Huston
Editor: George Boemler
Producer: Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Writer: Ben Maddow
Writer: W.R. Burnett
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Asphalt Jungle
Movie Review: (Almost) Nothing Else Comes Close !
Summary: 5 Stars
This Is Without A Doubt The Cream Of The "Film-Noir" Crop !!! Simply The Best. "Double Indemnity", "Gun Crazy" And "Laura" Are Close, But This Is The Greatest Film Of The Genre...Period ! Except No Substitute ! If You Are A New To The Film-Noir Genre, START HERE !!! 5 Stars !
Summary of The Asphalt Jungle
A major heist goes off as planned until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 07/06/2004 Starring: Sterling Hayden Marilyn Monroe Run time: 112 minutes Rating: Pg Director: John HustonThe dark urban world of The Asphalt Jungle is one of the essential destinations in film noir, but be warned: despite tough guy Sterling Hayden's dreams of bucolic escape, there is no way out. John Huston directed this superbly calibrated crime classic, which displays his usual wry appreciation of fringies and down-and-outers. This time the task for Huston's eccentric ensemble is a jewel robbery, which--this being a Huston film--can't possibly work out as well as its plan. The cast includes Sam Jaffee, indelible as a criminal mastermind, and the pre-stardom Marilyn Monroe. Hayden plays the kind of mug he would revisit in Stanley Kubrick's The Killing, which is an informal homage to this film. And the film's look is definitive: both artful and gritty, it creates a noir landscape that traps its people just as surely as the tar pits trapped the dinosaurs. No wonder they call it noir. --Robert Horton
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