TV series

The Asphalt Jungle

1961 · 1 season

A gritty, talky old-school cop show that moves deliberately through smoky rooms and stakeouts, rewarding patience with quiet procedural tension.

Overview: Police adventure series set in a modern American metropolis, concerning the problems of a special police group formed to fight high echelon crime. The series is a TV projection of the 1950 MGM motion picture based on the novel of the same title by W. R. Burnett.
How it feels: Tense, cynical, dark and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Crime, corruption, justice, deception
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
corruption
justice
deception
power
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild