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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

7/19/2003

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Covers the planning, execution, and aftermath of a heist gone wrong. Crime doesn't pay and all that, I guess. Jean Hagen is marvelous as a down on her luck gal who has a thing for Hayden. The major injustice is that all the advertising (posters, lobby cards, etc.) I've seen for this film ignore Jean Hagen and instead feature Marilyn Monroe, who had a glorified bit part.

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