Sterling Hayden in a very nice hat and suit asks you not to bone him in a still from The Asphalt Jungle.
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Sterling Hayden in a very nice hat and suit asks you not to bone him in a still from The Asphalt Jungle.
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Louis Calhern e Marilyn Monroe fotografados durante as filmagens de "The Asphalt Jungle", clássico noir de 1950 dirigido por John Huston.🔥🎬
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The requisite, "He doesn't have enough blood in him to keep a chicken alive."
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John Huston’s “The Asphalt Jungle” (1950) starred #SterlingHayden, #LouisCalhern, and Marilyn Monroe in a small part.
Belgian bilingual film poster (Flemish and French).
IMDB score: 7.6
Letterboxd score: 3.9
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And of course it’s always fun to watch with such an awesome group of #FilmNoirClub friends. Happy Thanksgiving to all. 🦃 ❤️
Wrap it all up with Eddie Mueller's #TheAsphaltJungle Outtro:
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Thanks for hosting this #TheAsphaltJungle watch party.
Have a great Thanksgiving everyone.
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The song "The Green Green Grass of Home," which was the first #1 hit for Tom Jones, was written by Curly Putman after he watched Sterling Hayden's death scene in this film. #FilmNoirClub #TheAsphaltJungle
Thank you as always @wahrhaftig.bsky.social for your amazing #noircheology! What a great live watch this one was!
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According to the Hays Code at the time, the film had to show that "crime doesn't pay," and every criminal character ended up either arrested or dead.
What an ending for Dix, and what a stunning shot.
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"A man without human feelings or mercy"
Oh, the irony. 💔
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Location shooting took place in Lexington and Keeneland, Kentucky. Fantastic shots by Cinematographer Harold G. "Hal" Rosson. #FilmNoirClub #TheAsphaltJungle
Shortly before Jean Hagen died in 1977, Sterling Hayden sent her a copy of his 1963 autobiography, "Wanderer." In the handwritten dedication, he spoke of Doll and Dix, their characters' names. #FilmNoirClub #TheAsphaltJungle
This #filmnoir starts in the city and ends in the country, much like another great noir, On Dangerous Ground (1951) starring Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan. #FilmNoirClub #TheAsphaltJungle
Jean Hagen's performance really shines in the final third of #TheAsphaltJungle. Given that Dix's motives are really pure, "Doll" is us, and we become the "Doll". ❤️
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The musical scoring (by Miklós Rózsa) is extremely scant, occurring only for the main titles, continuing through the opening sequence where Handley enters the café, and then returns 107 min later when Dix and Doll return to the country. Total scoring just under 6 min. #FilmNoirClub #TheAsphaltJungle
SO NOIR.
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A February 1950 "Daily Variety" news item noted that John Maxwell, who plays a doctor in the picture, "made such a hit with preview audiences" that MGM reshot a portion of the title credits to include his name. #FilmNoirClub #TheAsphaltJungle
Exactly. You can't blame him, but they are his kryptonite, where he is so disciplined in all other ways of the heist.
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That wacky Hayes Code!
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This was Sam Jaffe's only Oscar-nominated performance in his career, and he nails it in every scene he is in. I can't imagine anyone else playing Doc. There is a quiet dignity to his arrest, and the shots by cinematographer Harold Rosson are fantastic.
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Doc's eye for the ladies finally catches up to him. 😎
"Plenty of time my friend. Plenty of time."
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Helene Stanley as Jeannie, our youthful dancer. She was a dancer/actress and the live model for Cinderella, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, and Anita Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians. #FilmNoirClub #TheAsphaltJungle
I guess by not showing the gun they were able to satisfy the Production Code (although we do see it in "The Big Heat")
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