The Asphalt Jungle
Let There Be Light: The Films of John Huston
December 19, 2014 - January 11, 2015
Huston returns to his noir roots with another tale of unlikely partners, delivering what may well be the great American heist movie.
Huston returns to his noir roots with another tale of unlikely partners pursuing a common goal with no surplus of mutual trust. Perhaps the definitive Hollywood heist movie (and a clear inspiration for Jules Dassin’s Rififi), The Asphalt Jungle delineates the plotting, execution, and fallout of a jewel robbery. Distinguished by Huston’s precise direction (notably the 11-minute burglary scene, a model of sustained tension), and uncommonly rich characterizations from Sterling Hayden (a tough-guy analogue to Huston), Louis Calhern at his silken smarmiest, and especially Sam Jaffe as Doc, the mastermind with a weakness for pretty girls (whose last name, Riedenschneider, was borrowed by the Coen Brothers in their noir homage The Man Who Wasn’t There).
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