The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle is a 1950 film noir and heist film directed by John Huston. Based on the 1949 novel of the same name by W. R. Burnett, it tells the story of a jewel robbery in a Midwestern city. The film stars Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern and Jean Hagen, and features James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, and John McIntire. Marilyn Monroe also appears, in one of her earliest roles.
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| Screenplay by | Ben Maddow
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| Running time | 112 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $1,232,000
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Cobby: How'd you know he was a copper?
Doc Riedenschneider: I can smell one a block off.
Cobby: Oh, don't worry about Ditrich. He's on my payroll. Practically a partner. Me and him, we're like that.
(Cobby holds up his index and middle finger)
Doc Riedenschneider: Experience has taught me never to trust a policeman. Just when you think one's all right, he turns legit.
- Debut of Strother Martin.
- Debut of Jack Warden.
- John Huston originally intended the role of Angela Phinlay for Lola Albright.
- Georgia Holt, mother of Cher tested for the role of Angela Phinlay
- Both Director John Huston and ex-communist star Sterling Hayden were members of the Committee for the First Amendment, which stood against the blacklisting of alleged communists working in the film industry during the Red Scare.
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