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[[Image:asphalt_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''The Asphalt Jungle'' (1950)]] | [[Image:asphalt_poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''The Asphalt Jungle'' (1950)]] | ||
| − | '''''The Asphalt Jungle''''' was a heist film directed by [[John Huston]] (''[[The Maltese Falcon]]'', ''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]'', ''[[The African Queen]]'') and starred [[Sterling Hayden]], Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, [[James Whitmore]], Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Anthony Caruso, and Marilyn Monroe. Not surprisingly, the heist goes bad. | + | '''''The Asphalt Jungle''''' was a heist film directed by [[John Huston]] (''[[The Maltese Falcon]]'', ''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]'', ''[[The African Queen]]'') and starred [[Sterling Hayden]], Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, [[James Whitmore]], Sam Jaffe, [[John McIntire]], Anthony Caruso, and Marilyn Monroe. Not surprisingly, the heist goes bad. |
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[[Image: Colt Detective Special.jpg|thumb|none|300pxColt Detective Special 1st Gen with Round Butt - .38 Special.]] | [[Image: Colt Detective Special.jpg|thumb|none|300pxColt Detective Special 1st Gen with Round Butt - .38 Special.]] | ||
[[Image:asphalt1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Gus Minissi ([[James Whitmore]]) stashes Dix’ gun in his cash register.]] | [[Image:asphalt1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Gus Minissi ([[James Whitmore]]) stashes Dix’ gun in his cash register.]] | ||
| − | [[Image:asphalt4.jpg|thumb|500px|none| | + | [[Image:asphalt4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Dix gives Alonzo D. Emmerich (Louis Calhern) an ultimatum.]] |
[[Image:asphalt6.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:asphalt6.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:asphalt3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Dix takes a slug.]] | [[Image:asphalt3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Dix takes a slug.]] | ||
[[Image:asphalt10.jpg|thumb|500px|none|A detective carries the Colt.]] | [[Image:asphalt10.jpg|thumb|500px|none|A detective carries the Colt.]] | ||
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==Colt Official Police== | ==Colt Official Police== | ||
Police officers carry the [[Colt Official Police]] revolver. | Police officers carry the [[Colt Official Police]] revolver. | ||
[[Image: ColtOP4.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Official Police - 4" Barrel - .38 Special.]] | [[Image: ColtOP4.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Official Police - 4" Barrel - .38 Special.]] | ||
| − | [[Image:asphalt8.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Doc Erwin Riedenschneider (Sam Jaffe) is busted.]] | + | [[Image:asphalt8.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Doc Erwin Riedenschneider (Sam Jaffe) is busted by Ed, a policeman.]] |
[[Image:asphalt9.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:asphalt9.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:asphalt2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|A night watchman is in the wrong place at the wrong time.]] | [[Image:asphalt2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|A night watchman is in the wrong place at the wrong time.]] | ||
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[[Image: ColtOPwithLongbarrel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Official Police - 6" Heavy Barrel - .38 Special.]] | [[Image: ColtOPwithLongbarrel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Official Police - 6" Heavy Barrel - .38 Special.]] | ||
[[Image:asphalt7.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:asphalt7.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == | + | ==Colt Government== |
| − | Bob Brannom (Brad Dexter) packs the [[ | + | Bob Brannom ([[Brad Dexter]]) packs the [[M1911|Colt Government]] pistol. |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Colt Government Commercial Model manufactured in 1921.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Government Commercial Model manufactured in 1921 - .45 ACP.]] |
[[Image:asphalt11.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:asphalt11.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:asphalt12.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:asphalt12.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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[[Category: Thriller]] | [[Category: Thriller]] | ||
[[Category: John Huston]] | [[Category: John Huston]] | ||
| + | [[Category:National Film Registry]] | ||
Revision as of 08:59, 9 February 2020
The Asphalt Jungle was a heist film directed by John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen) and starred Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Anthony Caruso, and Marilyn Monroe. Not surprisingly, the heist goes bad.
The following firearms were used in the film The Asphalt Jungle (1950):
Colt Detective Special
Throughout the film, Dix Handley (Sterling Hayden) and detectives carry the Colt Detective Special revolver.
Gus Minissi (James Whitmore) stashes Dix’ gun in his cash register.
Colt Official Police
Police officers carry the Colt Official Police revolver.
Colt Official Police, long barrel
Various law enforcement officers carry the Colt Official Police heavy barrel revolver.
Colt Government
Bob Brannom (Brad Dexter) packs the Colt Government pistol.
