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    The Asphalt Jungle

    Poster of the movie The Asphalt Jungle
    1950     Criminal drama    
    USA
    1h 52min
    PG

    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.

    Directed byJohn Huston
    Written byBen Maddow
    CompanyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

    Awards

    Starring

    Sterling Hayden
    Louis Calhern
    Jean Hagen
    James Whitmore
    Sam Jaffe
    Marilyn Monroe
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