The Asphalt Jungle
The City Under the City
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Release Date
5/12/1950Runtime
112 minsOverview
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$1,232,000Revenue
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A tight, methodical heist that pivots from careful planning into a descent through moral compromise and inevitable ruin. The city itself feels like a trap closing in on men who thought they'd found the perfect score.
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Heads up
Sterling Hayden
Dix Handley
Louis Calhern
Alonzo D. Emmerich
Sam Jaffe
Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
Jean Hagen
Doll Conovan
James Whitmore
Gus Minissi
John McIntire
Police Commissioner Hardy
Marc Lawrence
Cobby
Barry Kelley
Lt. Ditrich
Anthony Caruso
Louis Ciavelli
Marilyn Monroe
Angela Phinlay
Teresa Celli
Maria Ciavelli
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Timmons
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