Box set: Film Noir Classic Collection

The Asphalt Jungle
Warner Bros. (1950)
Crime, Documentary, Mystery
In Collection
#343
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Seen ItYes
012569590328
IMDB   8.0
112 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Sterling Hayden Dix Handley
Louis Calhern Alonzo D. Emmerich
Jean Hagen Doll Conovan
James Whitmore Gus Minissi
Sam Jaffe Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
John McIntire Police Commissioner Hardy
Marc Lawrence Cobb
Barry Kelley Det. Lt. Ditrich
Anthony Caruso Louis Ciavelli
Teresa Celli Maria Ciavelli
Marilyn Monroe Angela Phinlay
William Davis Timmons
Dorothy Tree May Emmerich
Brad Dexter Bob Brannom
John Maxwell Dr. Swanson
Director
John Huston
Producer Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Writer John Huston
Ben Maddow
Cinematography Harold Rosson
Musician Miklós Rózsa


Dix Handley (Sterling Hayden) is a strongarm man hired as part of a crew by criminal plotter "Doc" Erwin Riedenschneider (Sam Jaffe) to rob a jewelry store, along with the help of safecracker Louis Ciavelli (Anthony Caruso) and restaurant owner Gus Minissi (James Whitmore). The robbery goes off as planned, but things go awry when financial backer Alonzo D. Emmerich (Louis Calhern) tries to pull a double-cross and get the gems for himself.
Edition Details
Distributor Warner Home Video
Release Date 7/6/2004
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned); French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Dolby Digital Mono [French]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Introduction by John Huston derived from an Archival interview Commentary by Author/Film-Noir Specialist Drew Casper with Co-Star James Whitmore Theatrical Trailer