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The asphalt jungle / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; a John Huston production ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screenplay by Ben Maddow and John Huston ; produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. ; directed by John Huston.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2712DDVD | Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 847.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]Edition: Two-DVD special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (approximately 112 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels ; color illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681432403
  • 1681432404
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Burnett, W. R. 1899-1982. Asphalt jungle
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Harold Rosson ; film editor, George Boemler ; music by Miklos Rozsa.
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Marilyn Monroe.Summary: 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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD DRAMA Asphalt Available 33111009031655
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

DVD, NTSC region 1, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.

In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).

Title from disc surface.

Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Marilyn Monroe.

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

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950.

Based on the novel by W.R. Burnett.

Full screen (1.37:1).

Not rated.

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.

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.

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