The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

  • Director: John Huston
  • Writer: Ben Maddow,John Huston,W.R. Burnett
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, German
  • Release date: May 12, 1950
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: The Asphalt Jungle (The City Under the City)
  • "The Asphalt Jungle" is a crime film directed by John Huston, starring Sterling Hayden and Louis Calhern, released in 1950, the film has won many international awards and nominations.
    The film tells the story of a released prisoner who gathers four partners to rob a jewelry store, and prepares to sell the stolen goods to a lawyer in exchange for millions of dollars.

    Details

    • Release date May 12, 1950
    • Filming locations Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    • Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,232,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $29,868

    Movie reviews

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    • By Hollie 2022-12-14 23:03:08

      no night

      Many people who read the micro-comments said that such a subject would definitely look better if it was filmed in Hollywood today, but I am not convinced. After all, according to the standard of "good-looking", the paragraph about stealing jewelry in the film is only about ten minutes, which is less than ten minutes of the whole film. It seems that the main creator doesn't care about this chapter. Like many current crime movies, the characters are less than one-tenth of the length. You...

    • By Janiya 2022-11-28 03:21:00

      poet in a bar

      "The Night Is Not Quiet" shows the concept that the police are not necessarily good people, the robbers are not necessarily bad people, and the derailment of old men and girls is not necessarily wretched.

      The robber boss, the old doctor, could have escaped easily, but he was arrested after two or three minutes of delay in order to watch a young girl dancing in the tavern. This made him not only look upright and reliable, but even a poet at heart.

      Dix, who is considered to...

    • By Corene 2022-06-12 22:26:52

      Long comments written due to the word limit of short comments (2)

      German professors are gentle and thoughtful, but greedy and lustful; hooligans and drivers are loyal and brave, but too aggressive; lawyers are indecisive with the idea of ​​double-fraud without a penny. In the end, none of them benefited, and in the real world, they all fell.

      The part of the commissioner's press conference explained the necessity of having police in cities in modern civilization.

      Dix fell on the ground he longed for...

      After reading the short comments, I...

    • By Fay 2022-06-12 20:02:20

      redundant image

      The composition is delicate but not extreme; the narrative structure is loose; the pace is slow; the characterization is mixed. Overall, the film is more innovative than the noir of the 1940s, but it falls short. In particular, the character settings are not concise enough, such as private detectives and Monroe are optional - then you should pick up Occam's razor and cut it mercilessly - when describing the approaching bankruptcy of lawyers, it can be completely ignored. Because the key to the...

    • By Nicholas 2022-06-12 18:55:33

      Still a country dream

      The film is nearly two hours long, and it made me feel very sad all the way. The fate of the doomed criminals has made my heart tangled. Of course, this film is very good, but it is so uncomfortable for me to watch, I can only give it three stars. Star Heston is always too serious, just like the sheriff commissioner in the film. It's fair, but I don't like it.

      The most moving part of the film is that it shows the softness of each criminal. Except Except for the hard-hearted private...

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    • By Marion 2023-09-29 21:06:43

      Everyone's tragic fate inevitably comes, and their different personalities and backgrounds determine each person's ending in different...

    • By Marion 2023-09-01 15:18:21

      The subject matter is reminiscent of "Battle of Men", "Red Circle" and "The Killer", and it was the first to be completed, and the styles are also different, but it is the one that I don't like so much among these films, whether it is style The experience that gives people, or the shock that the filming brings to me, is...

    • By Bernhard 2023-08-30 20:40:57

      It seems inappropriate to classify [Ye Lan Ren Wei Jing] as a stealing movie. The crime is not the core of the film, the people who are in and around the crime are. Houston has softened the grip of the theft process, but has increased his concern for the characters involved. It is relying on this spirit of humanity and the excellent performances of all the actors that this film has gained the tragic power of the aftertaste. In addition, the film has a concise, direct and economical lens style...

    • By Rashawn 2023-08-23 06:54:33

      I've been obsessed with noir films for a while, but I haven't even seen the films of John Huston, the father of noir films, so how dare I say that I like noir films. I saw this classic crime movie by John Huston today, and it was really good. First of all, the actor Sterling Hayden reminded me of the classic black film "The Killer" of Lao Ku starring him, and the theft scene in the middle reminded me of "The Fight of Men". But this "Night at Night" is the...

    • By Kaci 2023-08-17 16:58:46

      Rare Hollywood 1950s movie starring "living...

    Movie plot

    Shalom Jaffe plays a released prisoner who gathers four partners to rob a jewelry store, ready to sell the stolen goods to a lawyer in exchange for millions of dollars. When they successfully robbed the jewels and retreated, they were seen by one of the gangsters who were more spoiled, causing one of the gangsters to be injured while fleeing. On the other hand, the casino owner who funded the robbery was forced to confess by the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Alonzo D. Emmerich: [on the phone] I've got over $100,000 standing out on my books. Come to my office tomorrow, I'll give you a list of the people that owe me. No, no, no. Use the method called for in each particular case and don't tell me anything about it. All I want is results.

    • Doc Riedenschneider: The information she gave me is that he's broke.

      Cobby: Are you crazy? I've seen him operate for 20 years. He handles only the biggest cases. He's got two houses, four cars, half a dozen servants...

      Doc Riedenschneider: And one blond.

      Cobby: Doc, whose word you gonna take? Mine or some dimwitted dame?

      Doc Riedenschneider: Yours, naturally.

      Cobby: If he's broke, I wanna be broke the same way.

    • Alonzo D. Emmerich: I don't want promises, I want - cash.