The asphalt jungle

Resource Information

The work The asphalt jungle represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The asphalt jungle

Statement of responsibility

a John Huston production ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screen play by Ben Maddow and John Huston ; produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. ; directed by John Huston

Creator

• Asphalt jungle (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Kelley, Barry, 1908-1991,
• Huston, John, 1906-1987,
• Lawrence, Marc, 1910-2005,
• Hornblow, Arthur, Jr., 1893-1976,
• Maddow, Ben, 1909-1992,
• Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986,
• Hagen, Jean, 1923-1977,
• McIntire, John, 1907-1991,
• Calhern, Louis, 1895-1956,
• Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962,
• O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948-
• Burnett, W. R., (William Riley), 1899-1982
• Rosson, Harold, 1895-1988,
• Boemler, George,
• Loew's Incorporated,
• Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995,
• Whitmore, James, 1921-2009,
• Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984,
• Criterion Collection (Firm),

Actor

• Lawrence, Marc, 1910-2005,
• Kelley, Barry, 1908-1991,
• McIntire, John, 1907-1991,
• Calhern, Louis, 1895-1956,
• Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986,
• Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984,
• Hagen, Jean, 1923-1977,
• Whitmore, James, 1921-2009,
• Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962,

Composer

• Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995,

Director of photography

• Rosson, Harold, 1895-1988,

Editor of moving image work

• Boemler, George,

Film director

• Huston, John, 1906-1987,

Film producer

• Huston, John, 1906-1987,
• Hornblow, Arthur, Jr., 1893-1976,

Production company

• Loew's Incorporated,

Publisher

• Criterion Collection (Firm),

Screenwriter

• Maddow, Ben, 1909-1992,
• Huston, John, 1906-1987,

Writer of supplementary textual content

• O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948-

Subject

• Crime films
• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Drama
• Ex-convicts
• Detective and mystery films
• Ex-convicts -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Film noir
• Film noir
• Jewel thieves
• Jewel thieves -- Drama
• Jewelry theft
• Jewelry theft -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Crime films

Genre

• Fiction films
• Crime films
• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Film noir
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

"In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel heist and draws a wealthy lawyer and a cherry-picked trio of outlaws into his carefully devised but inevitably doomed scheme"--Container

Member of

• Criterion collection ;, 847

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Harold Rosson ; film editor, George Boemler ; music, Miklos Rozsa

Language note

In English (Dolby digital mono) with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)

PerformerNote

Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Marc Lawrence, Barry Kelley, Marilyn Monroe

Runtime

112

Series statement

The Criterion collection

Series volume

847

Technique

live action