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Screenplay John Huston, Ben Maddow
Director John Huston

The Asphalt Jungle

Tagline: The City Under the City

Release Date: 1950-05-12

Duration: 112 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • John Crawford
    Reporter (uncredited)
  • Gene Evans
    Policeman at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited)
  • John McIntire
    Police Commissioner Hardy
  • James Whitmore
    Gus Minissi
  • Henry Corden
    Karl Anton Smith (uncredited)
  • Sterling Hayden
    Dix Handley
  • Jack Warden
    Man (uncredited)
  • Chet Brandenburg
    Man at Line-Up (uncredited)
  • Helene Stanley
    Jeannie (Girl in Diner) (uncredited)
  • Strother Martin
    William Doldy (uncredited)