The Asphalt Jungle (role as Dix Handley)

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The Asphalt Jungle (role as Dix Handley) is a classic 1950 film noir heist drama in which Sterling Hayden portrays Dix Handley, a tough, world-weary ex-con drawn into a meticulously planned jewel robbery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character portrayal ⓘ
film role ⓘ
appearsIn The Asphalt Jungle ⓘ
characterArc from hardened criminal to tragic figure seeking redemption ⓘ
characterBackground former Kentucky farm boy ⓘ
characterGoal to finance a return to his Kentucky horse farm ⓘ
characterTrait tough ⓘ
world-weary ⓘ
characterType ex-convict ⓘ
countryOfFilmOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed as one of Sterling Hayden’s defining noir roles ⓘ
filmBasedOn The Asphalt Jungle (novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Asphalt Jungle
filmBlackAndWhite true ⓘ
filmCinematographyBy Harold Rosson ⓘ
filmDirector John Huston ⓘ
filmDistributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
filmEditedBy George Boemler ⓘ
filmGenre crime drama ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
heist film ⓘ
filmGenreMovement classic Hollywood film noir ⓘ
filmLanguage English ⓘ
filmMusicBy Miklós Rózsa ⓘ
filmProducer Arthur Hornblow Jr. ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1950 ⓘ
filmRuntimeMinutes 112 ⓘ
filmScreenwriter Ben Maddow ⓘ
John Huston ⓘ
filmSetting an unnamed Midwestern city ⓘ
filmStudio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
heistPlan meticulously planned jewel robbery ⓘ
involvedIn jewel robbery ⓘ
narrativeFunction member of the heist crew ⓘ
notableCastMember James Whitmore ⓘ
Jean Hagen ⓘ
Louis Calhern ⓘ
Marilyn Monroe ⓘ
Sam Jaffe ⓘ
novelAuthor W. R. Burnett ⓘ
portrayedBy Sterling Hayden ⓘ
roleName Dix Handley ⓘ

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Sterling Hayden → notableWork → The Asphalt Jungle (role as Dix Handley) ⓘ
Marian Carr → notableWork → The Asphalt Jungle (TV series episode appearance) ⓘ
linked to: The Asphalt Jungle (role as Dix Handley)