The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle is a 1950 film noir directed by John Huston and starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Marc Lawrence, Barry Kelley, Anthony Caruso, Teresa Celli, and Marilyn Monroe.
It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including two for Huston (nominated as director and as co-writer), one nomination for its cinematography, and a best actor in a supporting role nomination for Jaffe.
The film was based on the novel of the same name by W.R. Burnett. It tells the story of a group of men planning and executing a jewel robbery and is considered one of the first of the caper films.
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