The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

John Huston directed The Asphalt Jungle, a 1950 American film noir heist film. It depicts the narrative of a diamond burglary in a Midwestern city and is based on W. R. Burnett's 1949 novel of the same name. Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, and Jean Hagen star in the picture, which also stars James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, and John McIntire. In one of her early roles, Marilyn Monroe also appears. The film received four Academy Award nominations. The Library of Congress chose The Asphalt Jungle for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 2008, citing it as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important."

Knowing that Monroe's first breakthrough part was directed by the same guy (John Huston) who also directed her final cinematic appearance is poetic circularity. It's almost eerie how similar everything is! From Kubrick's The Killing to Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, and everything in between, Huston's dynamic, genre-changing heist picture The Asphalt Jungle foreshadowed and impacted everything from Kubrick's The Killing to Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and everything in between. The film received four Oscar nominations for its narrative of a spectacular jewel robbery that unravels in the aftermath.

Detailed information:

Directed by: John Huston

Release date: May 12, 1950

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042208