The Lawbreakers | |
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Directed by | Joseph M. Newman |
Screenplay by | Paul Monash W. R. Burnett |
Based on | "The Lady and the Lawyer" episode of the television series The Asphalt Jungle |
Produced by | Jaime del Valle |
Starring | Jack Warden Vera Miles Robert Douglas Arch Johnson |
Edited by | Ben Lewis Herbert W. Wrench |
Music by | Johnny Mandel |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Lawbreakers is a 1961 American film directed by Joseph M. Newman. Made in a film noir style, the crime drama is based on the pilot episode of the 1961 television series The Asphalt Jungle and stars an ensemble cast including Jack Warden, Vera Miles, Robert Douglas, and Arch Johnson.[1]
The film tells the story of a scheme to double-cross the syndicate and steal its money, and of a police commissioner's efforts to investigate homicides that take place as the scheme unfolds while also fighting corruption in the city government and police department.