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3 unusual facts about The Asphalt Jungle


Lin Van Hek

She co-wrote and sang the song Intimacy which was part of the first The Terminator film one of 25 movies listed for preservation, along with The Asphalt Jungle, Deliverance, The Invisible Man and In Cold Blood, for cultural, historic and aesthetic significance, by the US Library of Congress.

Pinching Penny

The Big Lebowski, Bottle Rocket and The Asphalt Jungle were also sited as films that had an affect on the film's tone, naturally along with the films of Guy Ritchie, predominately Snatch and Rocknrolla.

The Asphalt Jungle

Burnett's novel The Asphalt Jungle was the basis of the western film The Badlanders (1958) directed by Delmer Daves, as well as the blaxploitation film Cool Breeze (1972), directed by Barry Pollack.



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