The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle is a 1950 film noir and heist film directed by John Huston. Based on the 1949 novel of the same name by W. R. Burnett, it tells the story of a jewel robbery in a Midwestern city. The film stars Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, and John McIntire, and also features Marilyn Monroe in one of her earliest roles. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards. In 2008, The Asphalt Jungle was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
NOT RATED
Year:
1950
112
1,623 Views

Cobby:
[Telephone rings twice; Cobby answers] Yeah, hello, hello. Yeah, this is Cobby. What?

Cobby:
[Cobby gets off the telephone in to talk to Dix and Doc] It's Gus. Dragnet's out and they're combing the district.

Cobby:
[Cobby holds out telephone] He wants to talk to you. You, Dix.

Dix Handley:
[Dix takes telephone from Cobby; Cobby leaves] Gus, Dix.

Gus Minissi:
[the scene switches from Cobby's hideout to a telephone booth where Gus is; Gus talks to Dix] Yeah, now, listen careful, pal. The cops are knocking over all the joints along the boulevard. There's mobs of them, meat wagons and all. Now, look, I already called the guy, Eddie Donato. Donato's got a grocery down by the river. 116 Front Street, you got that?

Dix Handley:
[Dix's voice is heard through the telephone] Yeah.

Gus Minissi:
Okay.

Dix Handley:
[a police car rolls into the scene outside of the telephone booth] Thanks, Gus. Say, how's Louie?

Gus Minissi:
Louie's not so good. He got a slug in his belly, all right. Doc's doing all he can. Uh, here they are now, the happiness boys.

Gus Minissi:
[a policeman bangs on the telephone booth and motions Gus to get out of the booth so that he can use it. Gus chuckles, turns and waves to him] Hello. How are you, yeah?

Gus Minissi:
[Gus turns back to talk to Dix] Looks like I'm in...

Gus Minissi:
[Policeman bangs on the booth again]... for a working over. Look, go down to Eddie's by way of the...

Gus Minissi:
[Policeman bangs on booth for the third time]... old car barn.

Gus Minissi:
[Gus turns and waves to the policeman; turns back to talk to Dix] Yeah, it's deserted at night. Once you get beyond that...

Gus Minissi:
[Policeman bangs on booth for the fourth time]... you're okay. The cops never bother Eddie's neighborhood. So long, Dix. Blow now...

Gus Minissi:
[Policeman bangs booth for the fifth and final time]... eh?

Gus Minissi:
[Gus turns and waves to the policeman; He hangs up and makes his way out of the telephone booth] All right, all right, all right.


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