Saturday 21 November 2015

THE ASPHALT JUNGLE

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)


Star Cast
-   Marilyn Monroe, Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire
Director
-       John Huston
Producer
-       Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Rating
-       U
Year of Release
-       1950
Category 
-       Hollywood
Genre
-       Crime, Noir, Drama
Movie Gist     
The movie is one of the greatest Noir-movies. A million-dollar heist of jewel robbery takes off as planned. But bad luck & double crossing causes everything to unwind. Who finally takes the booty? Is there anyone left alive?

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

And Then There Were None (1945)


Star Cast
-     Barry Fitzgerald, Louis Hayward, Walter Huston, June Duprez, Mischa Auer, Roland Young, Judith Anderson, C. Aubrey Smith, Richard Haydn, Queenie Leonard
Director
-       Rene Clair
Producer
-       Rene Clair
Rating
-       U
Year of Release
-       1945
Category 
-       Hollywood
Genre
-       Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime
Movie Gist     
The movie is an adaptation from the novel with the same name. Ten people are invited to an isolated island by an unknown host. They realize gradually that they are brought here to pay for their actions. They start getting killed one by one. Who could be the killer? The unknown host or is it one of them?