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January 2017
John Huston’s Heist Masterpiece on Blu-Ray
The Criterion Collection 847
Format: Blu-ray
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In 1950, John Huston directed The Asphalt Jungle for MGM and set the pattern for virtually every caper/heist movie to follow. Rififi in particular, with its intricate, suspenseful, nearly dialogueless depiction of a theft, owes much to Huston.