# The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

**German title:** Asphalt Dschungel


**Genres:** Drama, Thriller, Crime

**Duration:** 111 min

**Age rating:** FSK 12

**IMDb:** [7.8](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042208/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.9](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-asphalt-jungle/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 98%, Popcornmeter: 87%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/asphalt_jungle)

## Description

A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.

## Details

**Premiere:** 22 May 1950

**Director:** John Huston

**Cast:** Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, John McIntire, Marc Lawrence, Barry Kelley, Anthony Caruso, Marilyn Monroe, Teresa Celli, William 'Wee Willie' Davis

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English, German

**Available versions:** OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiH8mOrCNSI)

## Showtimes in Hamburg in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-06-06 (Saturday)

- **[Metropolis Kino](/cinemas/163-metropolis-kino.md) (Mitte):** [2026-06-06 17:00](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino-hamburg/metropolis-kino/vorstellung/3538741527?appView=1)  (OV)