Friday, September 15, 2006

Asphalt

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

One of the classics of the film noir genre.

A brilliant jewelry robbery goes horribly wrong.

Dark, cynical, paranoid, gritty.

No happy ending.

Sam Jaffe is superb as the criminal mastermind.

Marilyn Monroe has a minor role (it was early in her film career).

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