Top billed cast

1. 

   Sterling Hayden

   Dix Handley

2. 

   Louis Calhern

   Alonzo D. Emmerich

3. 

   Jean Hagen

   Doll Conovan

4. 

   James Whitmore

   Gus Minissi

5. 

   Sam Jaffe

   Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

6. 

   John McIntire

   Police Commissioner Hardy

7. 

   Marc Lawrence

   Cobby

8. 

   Barry Kelley

   Lieutenant Ditrich

9. 

   Anthony Caruso

   Louis Ciavelli

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2019-06-25

Experience has taught me never to trust a policeman. Just when you think one's all right, he turns legit.

Out of MGM, The Asphalt Jungle is directed by John Huston and based on the novel of the same name by W.R. Burnett. It stars Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, Teresa Celli, and in a minor but important role, Marilyn Monroe. Miklós Rózsa scores the music and Harold Rosson photographs it in black & white. Plot sees Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider (Jaffe) leave prison and quickly assemble a gang to execute a long in gestation jewellery heist. However, with...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,232,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• heist
• film noir
• on the run
• black and white