John Huston’s 1950 crime drama, “The Asphalt Jungle,” based on the novel by Huston’s co-screenwriter W.R. Burnett, is one of the great film noirs and a quintessential heist movie, a classic of ...

Best extra: An interview with film noir historian Eddie Muller FILM NOIR historian Eddie Muller says there’s no doubt “The Asphalt Jungle” is the quintessential ...

“The Asphalt Jungle” (John Huston, 1950) at 9 a.m. on TCM. Based on W.R. Burnett’s novel, Huston’s great, fatalistic heist movie is also one of the ultimate film noirs — with Sterling Hayden, Sam ...

The Asphalt Jungle (1950): Following his release from prison, master thief Doc Riedenschneider plans an intricate jewel heist with the backing of corrupt lawyer Alonzo Emmerich. Assembling a team of ...

By now you’ve probably heard that a group of robbers stole millions of dollars of jewelry from the Louvre museum in Paris, ...

Left to right: Sam Jaffe as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider, Anthony Caruso as Louis Ciavelli and Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley in "The Asphalt Jungle." Photo courtesy ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

The Asphalt Jungle is a brilliantly conceived and executed anatomy of a crime -- or, as director John Huston and scripter Ben Maddow put it, a left-handed form of human endeavor. Recently paroled ...

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 ...