The Asphalt Jungle 1950 PG
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When
12.50pm, Sat 30 Apr 2022 (112 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
Screening from Archival 35mm film print
A gritty ensemble crime drama, The Asphalt Jungle is a study of a gang of rogues , their elaborate heist, and the murderous fallout between them all. The cast is stellar across the board - Sterling Hayden gives a typically commanding performance as one of the members of the gang and Marilyn Monroe lights up the screen in a small key role, one of her early breakout performances. John Huston (who directed and co-wrote the script) was a master storyteller; he understood tension and narrative flow, but he also knew how to craft rich characters and then get his actors to inhabit them. The Asphalt Jungle takes a familiar story – a group of crooks looking to make one last big score – and elevates it above and beyond its tropes. A meaty, hard-nosed film noir from one of the great American directors.
PG | Low level violence
Production Credits
- Director: John Huston
- Script: Ben Maddow, John Huston
- Based on: the novel by W.R. Burnett
- Producer: Arthur Hornblow Jr.
- Cinematographer: Harold Rosson
- Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Sterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen
- Editor: George Boemler
- Music: Miklós Rózsa
- Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Rights: Roadshow Entertainment
- Screening Format: 35mm
- Year: 1950
- Runtime: 112 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Sound: Mono
- Colour: Black & White