The Asphalt Jungle (1950)





A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.


Books with substantial mentioning of The Asphalt Jungle

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell
Encyclopedia of Film Noir
Westport, Connecticut/London, 2007

Lloyd Hughes
The Rough Guide to Gangster Movies
London, 2005

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

John McCarty
The Films of John Huston
Secaucus, New Jersey, 1987

Gerald Pratley
The Cinema of John Huston
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1977

Douglas Brode
The Films of the Fifties
Secaucus, NJ, 1976

Mark Conway and Mark Ricci
The Films of Marilyn Monroe
Secaucus, NJ, 1972

Books with an entry on The Asphalt Jungle

Michael F. Keaney
Film Noir Guide, 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2003

Alan G. Fetrow
Feature Films, 1950 - 1959, a United States Filmography
Jefferson, NC, 1999

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Reviews

AM, The asphalt jungle, in: Empire, nr. 210 (December), 2006 pp. 53