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The Asphalt Jungle is a brilliantly conceived and executed anatomy of a crime -- or, as director John Huston and scripter Ben Maddow put it, a left-handed form of human endeavor. Recently paroled master criminal Erwin Doc Riedenschneider (Sam Jaffe), with funding from crooked attorney Emmerich (Louis Calhern), gathers several .. Read more
| Starring | Marilyn Monroe, Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe |
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| Director | John Huston |
| Genres | Drama |
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Probably the very first film to show a 'caper' from the criminals' viewpoint (a genre which has since been done to death several times over), this is a clever character study rather than a thriller, extremely well executed and indeed generally irreproacha
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How it should be done
Must have made a real impact when it first came out and could still serve as a model for todays gangster movies.
It's good to see something with ... read more »
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Not The Blackboard Jungle. A mistake, but...
Ok, it's true. I realised after 2 minutes that I had meant to rent The Blackboard Jungle. But seeing's how it arrived, and these guys took the trouble ... read more »
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Asphalt Jungle
This was an enjoyable good old-fashioned thriller.
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The Asphalt Jungle
Along with Kubrick's The Killing, this is surely the greatest heist movie ever. Razor sharp black and white camera work,an intelligent literate script,and ... read more »
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the asphalt jungle
very good well worth watching an old favourite
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Customer Review
This is a bit of a gem in terms of heist films. Whether or not it really invented the genre is not important. What is worth considering is that it has a really ... read more »
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top notch thriller
A good mix of crime thrills and talk where the crime planner analyses what has happened and probably why in a lot more plausible manner than you get in films ... read more »
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Film Noir
Sums up the run down post war atmosphere of town centre life. Interesting hints of the beginnings of relationships between people otherwise made cynical by ... read more »
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How it should be done
Must have made a real impact when it first came out and could still serve as a model for todays gangster movies.
It's good to see something with ... read more »
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The Prototype of Heist films
This film must have been quite amazing for its time. crooks with hearts, corrupt cops, best laid plans that fail becasue of human failings. a lot of modern ... read more »
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bit disappointing
For a John Huston film, this was a bit of a let down, perhaps it was considered very good in it's day, but I thought the plot and the characters were ... read more »