The Asphalt Jungle: A Screenplay

by John Huston and Ben Maddow

Book Overview

Dore Schary, then head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, bought The Asphalt Jungle while it was still in manu­script in an effort to match the success Warner Brothers had enjoyed with Bur­nett's Little Caesarand High Sierra. The choice of Ben Maddow and John Huston as screenwriters assured the artistic success of the screenplay, for few writer/directors could have matched Huston's ability to develop these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809309424
• ISBN13: 9780809309429
• Release Date: June 1980
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"