The Asphalt Jungle (1950) is a big budget A movie that looks like a B-movie noir. It is directed by John Huston with style and panache as a classic heist film. We see the team assembled, the heist pulled off, and then ... everything going wrong.
The whole cast is great, but Sterling Hayden really stands out as Dix Handley (a manly name). He is violent, not very smart, and touchy. Jean Hagen has a great turn as his girlfriend, twitchy as a dope fiend, but steadfastly in love.
Marilyn Monroe has a small role as the crooked lawyer Louis Calhern's chippy.
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