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Asphalt Jungle, The, American film noir caper, released in 1950, that was adapted from W.R. Burnett’s novel about an ambitious jewel robbery orchestrated by a gang of eccentric criminals. Immediately after being released from prison, “Doc” Riedenschneider (played by Sam Jaffe ) teams with corrupt lawyer “Lon” Emmerich ( Louis Calhern ) to rob a jewelry store.
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 crooks together in Cincinnati for a Big Caper.
Purchase The Asphalt Jungle on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Led by an aging professional, a gang of thieves discover betrayal and death following a successful jewel heist. Directed by Academy Award- winner John Huston, this classic crime thriller stars Sterling Hadyen and Oscar-nominees Louis Calhern and Jean Hagen. With beautiful Marilyn Monroe as a mobster's mistress.
Led by an aging professional, a gang of thieves discover betrayal and death following a successful jewel heist. Directed by Academy Award- winner John Huston...
Out of MGM, The Asphalt Jungle is directed by John Huston and based on the novel of the same name by W.R. Burnett. It stars Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, Teresa Celli, and in a minor but important role, Marilyn Monroe. Miklós Rózsa scores the music and Harold Rosson photographs it in black & white.
La jungla de asfalto película dirigida por John Huston y protagonizada por Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern y Jean Hagen. Año: 1950. Tema: Atracos. Slogan: La ciudad bajo la ciudad Sinopsis: La meticulosa planificación de un atraco a una joyería, por parte de una banda de delincuentes, le sirve a Huston para ofrecer un poderoso relato lleno de intensidad, amén de un realista e insuperable ...
Synopsis. A group of career criminals including Dix Handley (Sterling Hayden) is pulled together by a criminal mastermind Doc Riedenschneider (Sam Jaffe) for a jewel heist and their contact for fencing the stolen goods is a corrupt lawyer Alonzo Emmerich (Louis Calhern) who plans to take the stolen take and escape to Europe.
