
They Live by Night(1949)
An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.


“The City Under the City”
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

Sterling Hayden
Dix Handley

Louis Calhern
Alonzo D. Emmerich

Sam Jaffe
Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

Jean Hagen
Doll Conovan

James Whitmore
Gus Minissi

John McIntire
Police Commissioner Hardy

Marc Lawrence
Cobby

Barry Kelley
Lt. Ditrich

Anthony Caruso
Louis Ciavelli

Marilyn Monroe
Angela Phinlay
The Asphalt Jungle is a crime, drama film released in 1950 exploring themes of based on novel or book, heist, film noir, on the run, black and white. Directed by John Huston, it stars Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe. Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
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