The Asphalt Jungle
1950 ‧ Noir/Crime ‧ 1h 52m
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...
Release date: June 1950 (USA)
Director: John Huston
Screenplay: John Huston, W. R. Burnett, and Ben Maddow
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Loews Cineplex Entertainment
Adapted from: The Asphalt Jungle