Quand la ville dort

Titre original : The Asphalt Jungle

1950
16
1h 52min

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7,8/10

31 k

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Film Noir Heist Crime Drama Thriller

Un gros braquage se déroule comme prévu, jusqu'à ce que la malchance et les trahisons ne fassent tout s'effondrer.Un gros braquage se déroule comme prévu, jusqu'à ce que la malchance et les trahisons ne fassent tout s'effondrer.Un gros braquage se déroule comme prévu, jusqu'à ce que la malchance et les trahisons ne fassent tout s'effondrer.

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NOTE IMDb

7,8/10

31 k

MA NOTE

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Nommé pour 4 Oscars
- 5 victoires et 14 nominations au total

Anecdotes
The poster showing Marilyn Monroe in a purple dress was created much later, after she became a household name. Monroe was basically unknown when the film was made in 1950 and only has a very small role. She certainly wouldn't have been given top billing at the time. In fact, she wasn't named on the original posters at all.

Gaffes
When the police enter Gus's diner, he turns the volume of the music up, but oddly he does it by turning the dial counterclockwise, which would normally turn volume down. When they go, Gus turns the volume down, again turning the dial counterclockwise.

Citations
Doc Riedenschneider: One way or another, we all work for our vice.

Versions alternatives
Also available in a computer colorized version.

Connexions
Edited into American Cinema: Film Noir (1995)

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Commentaire à la une

8/10

Darkly absorbing Jungle Caper

I hadn't seen The Asphalt Jungle for nearly 30 years until tonight, I think I must have (wrongly) considered it to be a "modern film", ie post rock'n'roll and dismissed it as too earthy as a result. Well I was wrong, it's certainly a Golden Age film made with high production values, with all the right actors, direction, music and story the Golden Age had produced. The music especially links it back to Double Indemnity and of course Huston to The Maltese Falcon, Jaffe to Lost Horizon etc. It was simply a signpost to the type of films to come , the ones I avoid.

It's gritty, as realistic as a gritty fantasy could be in 1950, as realistic as I want. The multi character interplay sticks in the mind, everyone's grafting and ready to dump on the next guy, apart from The Hooligan who dumb as he is really has a heart. It's Sam Jaffe's film though, his calculating but flawed dirty old man character was a classic perv-ormance, nowadays we would not have been spared the sleaze, but he walked a fine line successfully.

And again, the sleazy relationship between Uncle Louis Calhern and young Marilyn Monroe was perfectly handled.

All in all a marvellous film from the twilight years of the Golden Age.