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The Asphalt Jungle is a 1950 American heist film noir directed and co-written by John Huston, and starring Sterling Hayden and Louis Calhern, with Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, and Marilyn Monroe in one of her earliest roles. [4]
Jean Hagen (born Jean Shirley Verhagen; [a] August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977) was an American actress best known for her role as Doll Conovan in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Shalom "Sam" Jaffe (March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher, musician, and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Asphalt Jungle (1950).
The heist film or caper film is a subgenre of crime films and the caper story, focused on the planning, execution, and aftermath of a significant robbery.. One of the early defining heist films was The Asphalt Jungle (1950), which Film Genre 2000 wrote "almost single-handedly popularized the genre for mainstream cinema".
Teresa Mara Levis (June 6, 1923 – October 30, 1999), better known as Teresa Celli, was an American lyric soprano who apprenticed at La Scala before achieving recognition in films such as The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and Black Hand (1950). [1] [2]
But by playing U.S. clubs throughout 1969, Zeppelin got a growing amount of airplay on FM radio, which had taken to playing entire album sides as opposed to hit singles. Zep were on their way.
Stanley used the stage name "Dolores Diane." In 1946, she received a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and began to use the stage name "Helene Stanley," [1] with one of her most notable appearances being a brief role in John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (1950). Her collaboration with Disney started around 1948.
The Asphalt Jungle – Ben Maddow and John Huston from The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett; Born Yesterday – Albert Mannheimer from Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin; Broken Arrow – Albert Maltz from Blood Brother by Elliott Arnold; Father of the Bride – Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett from Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter