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The Asphalt Jungle
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.
1950 · Directed by John Huston · 113 min · Crime · Drama · 14 frames
Tagline
The City Under the City
Crew
- Screenplay: Ben Maddow, John Huston
- Cinematography: Harold Rosson
- Edited by: George Boemler
- Music: Miklós Rózsa
- Produced by: Arthur Hornblow Jr., John Huston
Cast
- Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley
- Louis Calhern as Alonzo D. Emmerich
- Jean Hagen as Doll Conovan
- James Whitmore as Gus Minissi
- Sam Jaffe as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
- John McIntire as Police Commissioner Hardy
- Marc Lawrence as Cobby
- Barry Kelley as Lieutenant Ditrich
- Anthony Caruso as Louis Ciavelli
- Teresa Celli as Maria Ciavelli
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: German, English
- Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget: $1,232,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, heist, film noir, on the run, black and white
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