The Asphalt Jungle
Recently released from prison, Dix Handley (Sterling Hayden) concocts a plan to steal $1 million in jewels. Dix gathers a team of small-time crooks, including a safecracker (Anthony Caruso) and a lawyer (Louis Calhern), and the heist is a success until a stray bullet kills one of the men. As they scramble to pick up the pieces after the theft, the men let their greed get the best of them while entangling themselves in webs of deceit, treachery and murder.
Release Date
May 12, 1950
Running Time
112 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Starring
Sterling Hayden
Louis Calhern
Jean Hagen
Credits
Director John Huston
Screenplay Ben Maddow, John Huston
Producer Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Cinematography Harold Rosson
Editing George Boemler
Music Miklós Rózsa
Distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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