Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other uniform titles: | Huston, John, 1906-1987,
Hornblow, Arthur, Jr., 1893-1976,
Maddow, Ben, 1909-1992,
Rosson, Harold, 1895-1988,
Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995,
Boemler, George,
Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960,
Duell, Randall,
Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986,
Calhern, Louis, 1895-1956,
Hagen, Jean, 1924-1977,
Whitmore, James, 1921-2009,
Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984,
McIntire, John, 1907-1991,
Lawrence, Marc, 1910-2005,
Kelley, Barry, 1908-1991,
Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962,
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982. Asphalt jungle.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| ISBN: | 9781681432403
1681432404
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| Physical medium: | DVD video 4 3/4 in.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital optical monaural Dolby Digital 1.0
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| Projection characteristics: | fullscreen
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| Video characteristics: | NTSC
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file DVD video region 1
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| Notes: | Title from title frame.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950.
Based on the novel by W.R. Burnett.
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; episode of the television program City lights from 1979 featuring John Huston; Pharos of chaos a 1983 documentary about actor Sterling Haydon; 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 ; art directors, Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell ; film editor, George Boemler ; music by Miklos Rozsa.
Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Marc Lawrence, Barry Kelley, Marilyn Monroe.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; full frame (1.37:1 screen ratio); Dolby Digital monaural.
In English with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
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| Summary: | In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel heist and draws a wealthy lawyer and a cherry-picked trio of outlaws into his carefully devised but inevitably doomed scheme.
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| Target Audience: | Not rated.
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| Standard no.: | 715515190718
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| Publisher's no.: | CC2712DDVD Criterion Collection
CC2712D Criterion Collection
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