The Asphalt Jungle(1950)

Synopsis

Recently paroled master criminal Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider gathers several crooks together in Cincinnati for a heist. The robbery is pulled off successfully, until an alert night watchman shoots the team's safecracker. From this point on, the meticulously planned crime begins to quickly fall apart.
Recently paroled master criminal Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider gathers several crooks together in Cincinnati for a heist. The robbery is pulled off successfully, until an alert night watchman shoots the team's …
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In Theaters

  • June 8, 1950

Genres

Crime

Run Time

1 hour 52 minutes

Distributors

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM)

Production Status

Released

Produced In

United States

Director

John Huston

Director

CAST

Sterling Hayden

Dix Handley

Louis Calhern

Alonzo D Emmerich

Jean Hagen

Doll Conovan

James Whitmore

Gus Minissi

Sam Jaffe

Doc Riedenschneider

John McIntire

Police Commissioner