The asphalt jungle
(2016)

Fiction

Blu-ray

Call Numbers:
BLU-RAY/DRAMA/ASPHALT

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies BLU-RAY/DRAMA/ASPHALT Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
EDITION
Special edition
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
0715515190619 CC2711BD, 9781681432397, 1681432390, 715515190619
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from sell sheet

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

Wide screen (1.37:1)

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950

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 docuemtnary about actor Sterlin Haydon; episode of the television program City lights from 1979 featuring John Huston; audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston; excerpts from footage of the 1983 AFI lifetime achievement award ceremony honoring Huston, featuring actor Sam Jaffe and the filmmaker; trailer; essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien

Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, Marilyn Monroe

Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player

Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Additional Credits