The Asphalt Jungle
“The City Under the City”
CrimeDrama
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
VIBE
A smoky, rain-slicked descent into the desperate machinations of hardened criminals. This is a world of double-crosses and broken dreams, where ambition curdles into inevitable ruin under the harsh glare of the city lights.
grittytensecynicalwearysteadyclassic film noirlow-key lightingurban decayhardboiledgreedbetrayalambitionfate
based on novel or bookheistfilm noiron the runblack and white
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