One scene in particular is whenSydney Greenstreet’s character is telling Spade about the history of the Falcon.
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
Jeff tracks her to Mexico, where they fall in love and plot to escape Whit’s grasp.
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Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
The other is the final scene when Walker and Granger’s characters are wrestling on the out-of-control merry-go-round.
John Huston’sThe Asphalt Junglecaptures a realistic atmosphere which is heightened byHarold Rosson’s simple but vivid cinematography.
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San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
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Jeff Bailey, a seemingly ordinary gas station owner, is drawn back into a web of intrigue and danger when his former employer, Whit Sterling, sends an associate to find him. Revealing his true identity as ex-private detective Jeff Markham, he recalls his assignment to locate Whit’s elusive mistress, Kathie Moffat, who vanished with a fortune. Jeff tracks her to Mexico, where they fall in love and plot to escape Whit’s grasp.
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A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
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Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
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A psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other’s most-hated person.
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950): Following his release from prison, master thief Doc Riedenschneider plans an intricate jewel heist with the backing of corrupt lawyer Alonzo Emmerich. Assembling a team of seasoned criminals, their meticulously crafted scheme unfolds in the gritty underworld of the American Midwest, testing their loyalty and resilience.
