TY - ADVS AU - Huston,John AU - Hornblow,Arthur AU - Maddow,Ben AU - Rosson,Harold AU - Boemler,George AU - Rózsa,Miklós AU - Hayden,Sterling AU - Calhern,Louis AU - Hagen,Jean AU - Whitmore,James AU - Jaffe,Sam AU - McIntire,John AU - Monroe,Marilyn AU - Burnett,W.R. ED - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ED - Criterion Collection (Firm), TI - The asphalt jungle T2 - Criterion collection SN - 9781681432403 PY - 2016///] CY - [New York, N.Y.] PB - The Criterion Collection KW - Jewelry theft KW - Drama KW - Ex-convicts KW - Jewel thieves KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Film noir KW - Fiction films KW - Crime films KW - Detective and mystery films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950; Based on the novel by W.R. Burnett; Full screen (1.37:1); Special features: audio commentary from 2004 by film historian Drew Casper, featuring recordings of actor James Whitmore; new interviews with film noir historian Eddie Muller and cinematographer John Bailey; archival footage of writer-director John Huston discussing the film; Pharos of chaos a 1983 documentary about actor Sterling Haydon; episode of the television program City lights from 1979 featuring John Huston; audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston; trailer. Container insert includes essay "A left-handed form of human endeavor" by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien; Director of photography, Harold Rosson ; film editor, George Boemler ; music by Miklos Rozsa; Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Marilyn Monroe; Not rated N2 - A heist is being set up to be pulled off by Doc, who has recruited a small gang to help him carry it out. Everything he could possibly think of was taken care of, down to the very last detail. It's the night of the heist and suddenly Doc's luck turns sour when betrayal strikes and the gangsters need to flee from the police ER -