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11/03/08
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:24
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Directed by John Huston, THE ASPHALT JUNGLE is considered by many to be the defining film of the crime oeuvre. After many years in prison, Doc (Sam Jaffe), a seemingly over-the-hill and retired... [More]
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen
Director: John Huston
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05/20/03
Among John Huston's most overrated works, only partially redeemed by Jaffe's brilliance and Marilyn's cameo.
08/14/03
Often copied but never equaled.
07/30/03
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12/30/06
They don't get more noir than this.
04/27/03
One of The Asphalt Jungle's strengths is that the crims seem about as thick as you suspect they would be in real life: no Cruise or Clooney-style braniac super-athletes here.
11/04/06
No review available.
11/14/03
Huston at his best
01/01/00
High-end noir in a low-end world.
11/16/04
No review available.
04/21/04
One of the first caper films told from the criminal's viewpoint.
07/21/04
Huston as director is in his prime, utilising the script and the acting talent to their fullest.
01/01/00
One of the first films to depict crime from the POV of the deviants rather than the police, this seminal film (arguably Huston's best) had a huge influence on the genre, manifest in the early work of Kubrick--and decades later Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs
04/29/07
John Huston’s greatest noir thriller.
06/24/06
No review available.
01/18/04
Huston concentrates mostly on the film's performances, but like The Maltese Falcon and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, he uses space, shadow and a very clever mise-en-scene to physically illustrate the film's themes.
07/20/04
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08/20/02
No review available.
05/03/05
Solid, entertaining film noir.
02/28/02
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