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- Classic Film: The Asphalt Jungle (1950, 112 min)
12/11/2012, 7:00 pm, Cranford Community Center, 220 Walnut Avenue
Contact Person : Fran Housten, Cranford Public Library
Phone #: 908-709-7272
Email: cranfordlibrary@gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.cranford.com/library
The Asphalt Jungle is a brilliantly conceived and executed anatomy of a crime. Recently paroled master criminal Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from a crooked, gathers several crooks together in Cincinnati for a Big Caper. Among those involved are Dix (Sterling Hayden), an impoverished hood who sees the upcoming jewel heist as a means to finance his dream of owning a horse farm. Hunch-backed cafe owner (James Whitmore) is hired on to be the driver for the heist; professional safecracker Louis Ciavelli assembles the tools of his trade; and a bookie acts as Emmerich's go-between. The robbery is pulled off successfully, but an alert night watchman shoots Ciavelli. From this point on, the meticulously planned crime falls apart with the inevitability of a Greek tragedy.—All Rovi
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