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The Asphalt Jungle (1950) set the standard for every heist movie that followed, blending John Huston’s hard-edged realism with a crew of painfully human thieves. Sterling Hayden leads a cast of broken dreamers, while a young Marilyn Monroe provides a glimpse of the star she was about to become. It’s noir stripped to the essentials: precise, unsentimental, and unforgettable. | Midnight Movie Snack

THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) Recently released from prison, Dix Handley (Sterling Hayden) concocts a plan to steal $1 million in jewels. Dix gathers a team of small-time crooks, including a safecracker (Anthony Caruso) and a lawyer (Louis Calhern), and the heist is a success until a stray bullet kills one of the men. As they scramble to pick up the pieces after the theft, the men let their greed get the best of them while entangling themselves in webs of deceit, treachery and murder. Release date:

THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) Recently released from prison, Dix Handley (Sterling Hayden) concocts a plan to steal $1 million in jewels. Dix gathers a team of small-time crooks, including a safecracker (Anthony Caruso) and a lawyer (Louis Calhern), and the heist is a success until a stray bullet kills one of the men. As they scramble to pick up the pieces after the theft, the men let their greed get the best of them while entangling themselves in webs of deceit, treachery and murder. Release date:

Anyone else cranky before their first cup of coffee? THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) Recently released from prison, Dix Handley (Sterling Hayden) concocts a plan to steal $1 million in jewels. Dix gathers a team of small-time crooks, including a safecracker (Anthony Caruso) and a lawyer (Louis Calhern), and the heist is a success until a stray bullet kills one of the men. As they scramble to pick up the pieces after the theft, the men let their greed get the best of them while entangling themselves in