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The Asphalt Jungle

Movie · 1950 · 112 min

A slow, shadowy descent into a doomed heist, where every character is trapped by circumstance and the tension never lets up.

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1950 film by John Huston
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Year
1950
Runtime
112 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • fate
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, film noir, heist
Directed by
John Huston
Written by
John Huston, Ben Maddow
Starring
Marilyn Monroe, Sterling Hayden, James Whitmore, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe, Jean Hagen, Brad Dexter, John McIntire
Music
Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography
Harold Rosson
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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