The Asphalt Jungle
Turkish title: Elmas Hırsızları
“The City Under the City”
1950 · 1 h 52 min
Directed by 
John Huston
John HustonCast
Sterling Hayden 
Jean Hagen 
Sam Jaffe Marilyn Monroe
Credits
Written by: Ben Maddow
Plot
A group of criminals plan a jewel robbery and watch it unravel.
Sinekatalog’s take
John Huston's heist noir shows a jewel robbery from planning to collapse, with sympathetic criminals. Taut and realistic, it is a model of the caper film with a young Marilyn Monroe in a small role.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (33,512 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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