The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
Release: 1950-05-12
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 7.5
Crime
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Louis Calhern
as Alonzo D. Emmerich
John Cliff
as Policeman (uncredited)
Don Haggerty
as Det. Andrews (uncredited)
Jeff York
as Policeman (uncredited)
James Whitmore
as Gus Minissi
Anthony Caruso
as Louis Ciavelli
John Crawford
as Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
as Gambler (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
as Secretary (uncredited)
Mary Anderson
as Police Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
as Man at Line-Up (uncredited)
Gene Evans
as Policeman at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
as Reporter (uncredited)
Teresa Celli
as Maria Ciavelli
Helene Stanley
as Jeannie (Girl in Diner) (uncredited)
David Bond
as Father Sortine (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
as Jack (Police Clerk) (uncredited)
James Seay
as Officer Janocek (uncredited)
Henry Corden
as Karl Anton Smith (uncredited)
Alex Gerry
as Maxwell (uncredited)
Eloise Hardt
as Vivian (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
as James X. Connery (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
as Detective in Hardy's Office (uncredited)
Sam Jaffe
as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider
Marc Lawrence
as Cobby
Brad Dexter
as Bob Brannom
George Lynn
as Detective at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited)
Henry Rowland
as Frank Schurz (Doc's Taxi Driver) (uncredited)
Ray Teal
as Cop in Car Barn Slugged by Dix (uncredited)
Judith Wood
as Woman (uncredited)
Barry Kelley
as Lt. Ditrich
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
as Timmons
Fred Graham
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Raymond Roe
as Tallboy (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe
as Angela Phinlay
David Clarke
as Mr. Atkinson (Railroad Man) (uncredited)
Jean Hagen
as Doll Conovan
John McIntire
as Police Commissioner Hardy
Alberto Morin
as Eddie Donato (uncredited)
Sterling Hayden
as Dix Handley
Ralph Dunn
as Policeman (uncredited)
Strother Martin
as William Doldy (uncredited)
John Maxwell
as Dr. Swanson
Frank Cady
as Night Clerk (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
as Reporter (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney
as Red (Boy in Diner) (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
as Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Warden
as Man (uncredited)
Dorothy Tree
as May Emmerich
Crew
Leslie H. Martinson
Script Supervisor
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
W.R. Burnett
Novel
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Ben Maddow
Screenplay
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
John Huston
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction