Advantages: Good cast, very good acting, a classic film noir Disadvantages: A bit slow at first, slightly disappointing
Now the kids are back at school and college, I can catch up on watching some of those DVDs I haven't had chance to see yet. The one I chose to watch today was a black and white film noir from 1950 - The Asphalt Jungle - and yes, I admit I bought this classic film for one reason - Marilyn Monroe! But more on her later.
The film is directed by John Huston and its stars include Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley, Louis Calhern as Alonzo D. Emmerich and ... ...seen the film before, but had an idea of what to expect. However, I did find it a bit confusing and hard to get into initially. It seemed quite difficult to work out who was who and I found I really needed to concentrate to follow it. The basic plot involves a gang committing a heist and stealing a million dollars' worth of jewels. The robbery itself takes up a very small amount of the film, with quite a large build up explaining who else becomes ...
KarenUK 06.10.2008
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Advantages: Another fantastic Film noir!! Disadvantages: None
...group of people ( as the heavy ) to rob a bank .........who eventually proves he has more brains than braun.......... there is also great support from ' Sam Jaffe (the mastermind of the plan ) ' ' Marc Lawrence' ( the middle man ) and ' Anthony Caruso..( the safe cracker ) '.........Jean Hagen ' also makes a fine femme fatal. Also stunning is ' Marilyn Monroe.....WoW!!!!
The film is shot with almost documentary style by ' Joh Huston ' ........who ... ...The plot is fairly simple ........robbing a bank really .....so there's no need to go into into too much detail here.............it 's more a question of what happens afterwards..........as the net begins to close about everyone involved .
Again this is a film you much watch......one of the best B / W film noirs you are likely to see....Highly recommended for sure!!!!!! ...
zeroid 16.05.2004
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