The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
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Dix Handley -
Alonzo D. Emmerich -
Doll Conovan -
Gus Minissi -
Doc Erwin Riedenschneider -
Police Commissioner Hardy -
Cobby -
Lt. Ditrich -
Louis Ciavelli -
Maria Ciavelli -
Angela Phinlay -
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May Emmerich -
Bob Brannom -
Dr. Swanson
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Director:
John HustonWriters:
Ben Maddow (screen play), John Huston (screen play), W.R. Burnett (from a novel by)All Cast & Crew
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John Huston, an avid horseman, had a team of Irish stallions boarded and trained at MGM talent executive Lucille Ryman Carroll's ranch, and he happened to be $18,000 in arrears for payments to the ranch. On a Sunday afternoon in September, Carroll and her husband invited Huston out to the ranch and made him an offer he couldn't refuse, to borrow a line from another movie. Carroll informed Huston that if he did not allow Marilyn Monroe another shot at the role, the ranch would sell his stallions and collect the money due. Huston did not refuse the terms, and Monroe got another screen test, only this time she had the support of Louis B. Mayer and MGM chief hair stylist Sydney Guilaroff. When Fox chief Darryl F. Zanuck saw the film, he again assumed her contract.
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Police Commissioner Hardy:
Married 20 years, consorting with a woman young enough to be his granddaughter. It's disgusting! But nothing about Emmerich would surprise me. Educated man who uses brains to circumvent the law. Worst type of human being. No excuse for him.
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In the juke-joint scene, the music continues to be heard as the record machine is seen to be changing records.
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Also available in a computer colorized version.
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Genres
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
12 May 1950Language
English, German
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$1,232,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$29,868
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