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* ConMenHateGuns: Doc.
-->"I haven't carried a gun since my twenties. You carry a gun, you shoot a policeman. Bad rap, hard to beat."
-->"I haven't carried a gun since my twenties. You carry a gun, you shoot a policeman. Bad rap, hard to beat."
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** Adding an extra punishment for Dix...that he will be remembered only as the Commissioner describes him to the newspapers, as "a man without human feeling or human mercy," with his human, brave, and honorable sides being forgotten.
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* HaysCode: The police commissioner's spiel near the end when he tells everyone what a great job the police do. Also the fact that [[spoiler:all criminals involved in the caper get caught or die.]]
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* SuicideNote: [[spoiler:Emmerich]] starts to write one to his wife, but he has second thoughts and destroys it before blowing his brains out.
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* AffablyEvil: Doc is a gentleman gangster with good manners.
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* HerrDoktor: Doctor Riedenschneider with his thick German accent.
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* HerrDoktor: Doctor Riedenschneider with his thick German accent.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Commissioner Hardy is dissatisfied with Ditrich's performance on duty and has three options for him: Reduce him to patrolman, bring him up for trial on charges of incompetence or ... give him one more chance to make good on his responsibilities.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: Commissioner Hardy is dissatisfied with Ditrich's performance on duty and has three options for him: Reduce him to patrolman, bring him up for trial on charges of incompetence or ... give him one more chance to make good on his responsibilities.
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* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: During the fight with the police man, Dix' gun drops to the ground and goes off. [[spoiler:The bullet hits Louis fatally in the guts.]]
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* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: During the his fight with the police man, Dix' gun drops to the ground and goes off. [[spoiler:The bullet hits off, [[spoiler:fatally wounding Louis fatally in the guts.process.]]
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* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: During the fight with the police man, Dix' gun drops to the ground and goes off. [[spoiler:The bullet hits Louis fatally in the guts.]]
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: The bad guys aren't all bad: one is a family man, one is tough but has an intense loyalty, even Dix has his generous side, a poor kid who just had a lot of bad breaks. And the good guys are hardly all good. One detective is corrupt, others are a bit slow, and the Commissioner comes across as a morally superior fanatic who sees everything in [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]].
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: The bad guys aren't all bad: one is a family man, one is tough but has an intense loyalty, even Dix has his generous side, a poor kid who just had a lot of bad breaks. And the good guys are hardly all good. One detective is corrupt, others are a bit slow, and the Commissioner comes across as a morally superior fanatic who sees everything in [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]].
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* AntiHero: Dix. At the beginning he seems dislikeable in the lineup but as the story unfolds he kind of shows emotion and cares for other characters in the story more than himself.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: The bad guys aren't all bad: one is a family man, one is tough but has an intense loyalty, even Dix has his generous side, a poor kid who just had a lot of bad breaks. And the good guys are hardly all good. One detective is corrupt, others are a bit slow, and the Commissioner comes across as a morally superior fanatic who sees everything in [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]].
* VillainProtagonist: The story is told from the criminals' point of view.
* VillainProtagonist: The story is told from the criminals' point of view.
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'''''The Asphalt Jungle''' is a 1950 [[TheCaper Caper]] crime drama directed by Creator/JohnHuston, [[FilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] of the same name by W. R. Burnett. It was the first major example of this trope while simultaneously being a deconstruction of it.\\
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* AvengersAssemble: The crew members for the caper are carefully selected by Doc.
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* OneLastJob: Emmerich, Dix and Doc all plan to retire after the caper.
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* PlethoraOfMistakes: The caper goes awry mostly due to [[TragicMistake emotional misjudgements]] and plain, simple bad luck.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Commissioner Hardy is dissatisfied with Ditrich's performance and has three options for him: Reduce him to patrolman, bring him up for trial on charges of incompetence or ... give him one more chance to make good on his responsibilities.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Commissioner Hardy is dissatisfied with Ditrich's performance on duty and has three options for him: Reduce him to patrolman, bring him up for trial on charges of incompetence or ... give him one more chance to make good on his responsibilities.
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* CityWithNoName: The city name remains anonymous in the movie. Apparently, the exterior scenes were shot in Cincinnati. One version of the script even mentioned the city by name but it was taken out because ironically, Cincinnati was facing police corruption at the time.
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* CityWithNoName: The city name remains anonymous in the movie. Apparently, the exterior scenes were shot in Cincinnati. One version of the script even mentioned the city by name but it was taken out because ironically, Cincinnati was facing police corruption at the time.
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* FatalFlaw: Almost like in a classic greek tragedy, the characters had a weak spot which brought on their demise:
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* AntiHero: Dix. At the beginning he seems dislikeable in the lineup but as the story unfolds he kind of shows emotion and cares for other characters in the story more than himself.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Commissioner Hardy is dissatisfied with Ditrich's performance and has three options for him: Reduce him to patrolman, bring him up for trial on charges of incompetence or ... give him one more chance to make good on his responsibilities.
* BackAlleyDoctor: Mentioned briefly, but ultimately avoided:
** We can assume [[spoiler:Louis]] dies because the special doctor came too late or not at all.
** [[spoiler:Dix]] refuses to seek help from any kind of doctor which seals his fate as well.
* CallingCard: The nitro left in the safe by Louis.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Commissioner Hardy is dissatisfied with Ditrich's performance and has three options for him: Reduce him to patrolman, bring him up for trial on charges of incompetence or ... give him one more chance to make good on his responsibilities.
* BackAlleyDoctor: Mentioned briefly, but ultimately avoided:
** We can assume [[spoiler:Louis]] dies because the special doctor came too late or not at all.
** [[spoiler:Dix]] refuses to seek help from any kind of doctor which seals his fate as well.
* CallingCard: The nitro left in the safe by Louis.
* CityWithNoName: The city name remains anonymous in the movie. Apparently, the exterior scenes were shot in Cincinnati. One version of the script even mentioned the city by name but it was taken out because ironically, Cincinnati was facing police corruption at the time.
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* DownerEnding: And how!
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]: And how!
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EvilGenius: Doctor Riedenschneider.
* FatalFlaw: Almost like in a classic greek tragedy, the characters had a weak spot which brought on their demise:
** If Riedenschneider had only left 5 minutes earlier rather than indulge his penchant for young girls, he'd have gone free.
*** Also, when the railyard security guard mentions that some guys bring young girls there to have their way with them, Doc becomes transfixed by the info and allows his face to be illuminated by the guard's flashlight, which causes him to identify and try to apprehend Doc and Dix.
** Emmerich and his penchant for luxury.
** Cobby and his craving for admiration.
** Dix and his gambling nature.
* HaysCode: The police commissioner's spiel near the end when he tells everyone what a great job the police do. Also the fact that [[spoiler:all criminals involved in the caper get caught or die.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Ditrich uses this technique successfully on Cobby.
* MealTicket: Emmerich, for GoldDigger Angela.
* TheMistress: Angela, for Emmerich.
* ThePerfectCrime: Subverted. Riedenschneider points this out after he is struck by the foot patrolman later in the film, that no matter how well a thing is planned, some small detail will be the one to trip you up, like the alarm, the gun accidentally going off and wounding the "boxman" or getting stopped by a simple foot patrol checking the trainyards.
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* FatalFlaw: Almost like in a classic greek tragedy, the characters had a weak spot which brought on their demise:
** If Riedenschneider had only left 5 minutes earlier rather than indulge his penchant for young girls, he'd have gone free.
*** Also, when the railyard security guard mentions that some guys bring young girls there to have their way with them, Doc becomes transfixed by the info and allows his face to be illuminated by the guard's flashlight, which causes him to identify and try to apprehend Doc and Dix.
** Emmerich and his penchant for luxury.
** Cobby and his craving for admiration.
** Dix and his gambling nature.
* HaysCode: The police commissioner's spiel near the end when he tells everyone what a great job the police do. Also the fact that [[spoiler:all criminals involved in the caper get caught or die.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Ditrich uses this technique successfully on Cobby.
* MealTicket: Emmerich, for GoldDigger Angela.
* TheMistress: Angela, for Emmerich.
* ThePerfectCrime: Subverted. Riedenschneider points this out after he is struck by the foot patrolman later in the film, that no matter how well a thing is planned, some small detail will be the one to trip you up, like the alarm, the gun accidentally going off and wounding the "boxman" or getting stopped by a simple foot patrol checking the trainyards.
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It's also considered an important addition to the FilmNoir genre with an ensemble cast including Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, and, in a minor but key role, MarilynMonroe, an unknown at the time who was pictured but not mentioned on the posters.
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It's also considered an important addition to a classic of the FilmNoir genre with an ensemble cast including Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, and, in a minor but key role, MarilynMonroe, an unknown at the time who was pictured but not mentioned on the posters.
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'''''The Asphalt Jungle''' is a 1950 [[TheCaper Caper]] crime drama directed by Creator/JohnHuston, [[FilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] of the same name by W. R. Burnett. It was the first major example of this trope while simultaneously being a deconstruction of it.
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It's also considered an important addition to the FilmNoir genre with an ensemble cast including Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, and, in a minor but key role, MarilynMonroe, an unknown at the time who was pictured but not mentioned on the posters.
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'''''The Asphalt Jungle''''' is a 1950 [[TheCaper Caper]] crime drama directed by JohnHuston.Creator/JohnHuston. It was the first major example of this trope while simultaneously being a deconstruction of it.
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-->''Crime is only...a left-handed form of human endeavor.''
-->'''Alonzo Emmerich'''
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-->-- '''Alonzo Emmerich'''
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* HeyItsThatGuy: One of the first film appearances of MarilynMonroe, who plays Emmerich's mistress.
** [[DuckSoup Trentino]] is now a crooked lawyer.
** [[SinginInTheRain Lina Lamont]] is Doll.
** [[DrStrangelove Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper]] is Dix.
** [[TheShawshankRedemption Brooks]] got his start as a crook as a getaway driver.
** [[DuckSoup Trentino]] is now a crooked lawyer.
** [[SinginInTheRain Lina Lamont]] is Doll.
** [[DrStrangelove Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper]] is Dix.
** [[TheShawshankRedemption Brooks]] got his start as a crook as a getaway driver.
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''The Asphalt Jungle'' is a 1950 [[TheCaper Caper]] CrimeDrama crime drama directed by JohnHuston. It was the first major example of this trope while simultaneously being a deconstruction of it.
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* TheChick: Doll, though Dix often treats her like TheLoad.
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** Emmerich as well ("Uncle Lon" indeed).
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MarilynMonroe, who plays Emmerich's mistress.
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** [[SinginInTheRain Lina Lamont]] is Doll.
** [[DrStrangelove Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper]] is Dix.
** [[TheShawshankRedemption Brooks]] got his start as a crook as a getaway driver.
** [[DuckSoup Trentino]] is now a crooked
** [[SinginInTheRain Lina Lamont]] is Doll.
** [[DrStrangelove Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper]] is Dix.
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-->''Crime is only...a left-handed form of human endeavor.''
-->'''Alonzo Emmerich'''
''The Asphalt Jungle'' is a 1950 [[TheCaper Caper]] CrimeDrama directed by JohnHuston. It was the first major example of this trope while simultaneously being a deconstruction of it.
After getting out of prison, Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider goes to Cobby, a bookie, with an idea for a diamond heist. Cobby puts him in touch with Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, who agrees to front Doc and his crew in the heist, who eventually include Dix, a "hooligan" who's been in and out of prison, his friend Gus, who runs a diner, and Louis, a safe-cracker. What none of them know is Emmerich, who has money troubles, is looking to double-cross the gang by taking the diamonds for himself.
A solid (though not spectacular) hit when it was first released, Huston's film is now considered one of the classics in its genre, and one of the most influential.
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* CaperCrew:
** '''The Mastermind:''' Doc.
** '''The Backer:''' Emmerich, though he turns out not to be trusted.
** '''The Burglar:''' Louis.
** TheBrute: Dix.
** '''The Driver:''' Gus.
* TheChick: Doll, though Dix often treats her like TheLoad.
* DirtyCop: Lieutenant Dietrich.
* DirtyOldMan: Doc, and [[spoiler: he's HoistByHisOwnPetard because of it]].
* DownerEnding: And how!
* HeyItsThatGuy: One of the first film appearances of MarilynMonroe.
** [[DuckSoup Trentino]] is now a crooked lawyer.
-->'''Alonzo Emmerich'''
''The Asphalt Jungle'' is a 1950 [[TheCaper Caper]] CrimeDrama directed by JohnHuston. It was the first major example of this trope while simultaneously being a deconstruction of it.
After getting out of prison, Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider goes to Cobby, a bookie, with an idea for a diamond heist. Cobby puts him in touch with Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, who agrees to front Doc and his crew in the heist, who eventually include Dix, a "hooligan" who's been in and out of prison, his friend Gus, who runs a diner, and Louis, a safe-cracker. What none of them know is Emmerich, who has money troubles, is looking to double-cross the gang by taking the diamonds for himself.
A solid (though not spectacular) hit when it was first released, Huston's film is now considered one of the classics in its genre, and one of the most influential.
This film contains examples of:
* CaperCrew:
** '''The Mastermind:''' Doc.
** '''The Backer:''' Emmerich, though he turns out not to be trusted.
** '''The Burglar:''' Louis.
** TheBrute: Dix.
** '''The Driver:''' Gus.
* TheChick: Doll, though Dix often treats her like TheLoad.
* DirtyCop: Lieutenant Dietrich.
* DirtyOldMan: Doc, and [[spoiler: he's HoistByHisOwnPetard because of it]].
* DownerEnding: And how!
* HeyItsThatGuy: One of the first film appearances of MarilynMonroe.
** [[DuckSoup Trentino]] is now a crooked lawyer.
