The Asphalt Jungle is a film from acclaimed director John Huston who was nominated for his work along with Sam Jaffe for supporting actor. The film stars Sterling Hayden (Dr. Strangelove, The Killing) and features a very new to the scene Marilyn Monroe (only her second credited film)
The film revolves around a heist that goes well at first, but falls apart as the men who partook go down one by one thanks to the new, strict, direction the police have taken on crime and corruption.
This films suffers for me from a slow start. It builds up with heist scene an hour into the film, but never quite reaches the acclaim that it has received. I've seen five other films from Huston with my favorite being The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and least favorite being Annie (1982). My expectations were high as I enjoy this type of film usually, but for me The Asphalt Jungle is average and gets an average rating: 2.5/5
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