I was lucky enough to see this movie on the big screen as a double feature with The Killing. This movie deserves a 10 based on the cinematography, let alone every other aspect that made this movie near great. I don't think I have ever seen a film that tosses the dirt and grime of a big city right off the screen and into your popcorn. Sterling Hayden has to be one of the most underrated actors of the genre. All modern directors should be required to watch this movie to understand that overdone music and sound effects (absent in this movie) hurt a production rather than help it. The police procedures shown on screen were right on target for the time and place. Now to the negatives. The one thing that really diminished this movie was the effects of the Hayes Commission which ruled that the bad guys couldn't get away with it as depicted in the movie. The doctor SHOULD have gotten away. That would have been a better ending.
Review of The Asphalt Jungle
