During the classic era, his work, either as author or screenwriter, was the basis for seven films now widely regarded as film noirs, including three of the most famous: High Sierra ( 1941 ), This Gun for Hire ( 1942 ), and The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 ).

Debuting as a director with The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ), John Huston followed with the major noirs Key Largo ( 1948 ) and The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 ).

In August 1977, Asphalt Jungle played at the second Mont de Marsan punk festival.

He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ( 1948 ), Key Largo ( 1948 ), The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 ), The African Queen ( 1951 ), Moulin Rouge ( 1952 ), The Misfits ( 1961 ), and The Man Who Would Be King ( 1975 ).

On the set of The Badlanders ( a western version of The Asphalt Jungle ), Jurado met her costar Ernest Borgnine, who became her second husband on December 31, 1959.

Among his most memorable roles were three that he played in 1950: a singing one as Buffalo Bill in the film version of Annie Get Your Gun, the double-crossing lawyer and sugar-daddy to Marilyn Monroe in John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle, and his Oscar-nominated role as Oliver Wendell Holmes in The Magnificent Yankee ( re-creating his stage role ), as well as his portrayal of the title role in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's film Julius Caesar in 1953 ( adapted from Shakespeare's play ).

* The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 )

Other major films included Angels in the Outfield ( 1951 film ), The Asphalt Jungle, The Next Voice You Hear, Above and Beyond, Kiss Me, Kate, Them !,

* The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 )

With the assistance of Gene Page, who provided orchestration, in 1972 Burke wrote film soundtracks for blaxploitation films Hammer, and Cool Breeze, described as " a mostly black remake of The Asphalt Jungle.

* The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 ), Directed By John Huston

Examples of crime thrillers involving heists or robberies includes The Asphalt Jungle, The Score, Rififi, Entrapment and The Killing.

Another popular band from the 70s and 80s was Asphalt Jungle, popular in the Cleveland, Ohio area.

Among these were The Next Voice You Hear, Asphalt Jungle, and Blackboard Jungle.

* The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 ) ( uncredited )

Cameraman Charles Paddock said that, just before beginning filming on The Delinquents, Altman advised him to watch the film The Asphalt Jungle and imitate that style of lighting.

* The Asphalt Jungle

* The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 )

John Huston's opposition to the colorization of his work led to a landmark 3-year French legal case after his death, sparked by a colorized version of The Asphalt Jungle.

The Asphalt Jungle is a 1950 film noir directed by John Huston.

In 2008, The Asphalt Jungle was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ".

When the film first opened, the staff at Variety liked the film, and wrote, " The Asphalt Jungle is a study in crime, hard-hitting in its expose of the underworld.

The film spawned a television series The Asphalt Jungle starring Jack Warden, Arch Johnson, and William Smith ( billed as " Bill Smith "), which ran for thirteen episodes in the summer of 1961 on ABC.

Isle of Palms was the first stop on Alton Brown's coast-to-coast tour in his program Feasting on Asphalt.

In 1931, he became an Oberführer ( a rank equivalent to senior Colonel ) in the Sturmabteilung ( SA ), which was then commanded by Ernst Röhm: that year, Todt also completed his doctorate ( on " Fehlerquellen beim Bau von Landstraßendecken aus Teer und Asphalt " – " Sources of defects in the construction of tarmac and asphalt road surfaces ").

In 2008, the tournament was hosted in Cologne, Germany ; it was the first World Cyber Games tournament to incorporate a mobile-game based tournament, with the title Asphalt 4: Elite Racing, In 2009, the tournament was held in Chengdu, China, and featured a special promotion of the game Dungeon & Fighter.

The game was sold in Europe as Rock & Roll Racing 2: Red Asphalt and in the United States as just Red Asphalt.

Asphalt of tar was then first imported from Europe into Americana and utilized in road paving.

Asphalt production was another growth industry, coinciding with the growth, development, and industrialisation of areas throughout the British Isles.

A European version of the soundtrack album was released that omits the tracks " Spider Attack ", " Jupiter Crashes " and " Spider Smith " in favor of three new songs unused in the film by Aah-Yah, Asphalt Ostrich, and Anarchy.

Mark Colwill was recruited when Thompson left the Asphalt Ribbons, but it is not known if he played any gigs under the Asphalt Ribbons name.

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.

In 2008, The Asphalt Jungle was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ".

In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 ) and appeared in other classic films such as Ben-Hur ( 1959 ) and The Day the Earth Stood Still ( 1951 ).

Jaffe was later to star in two of Huston's films: The Asphalt Jungle and The Barbarian & the Geisha.

In January 2012, the paving project was awarded the inaugural Ray Brown Airport Pavement Award by the National Asphalt Pavement Association, recognizing it as the highest quality airport asphalt pavement project completed during 2011.

Asphalt was used extensively to coat the floors and walls of the basement, in order to make sure it stayed dry.

In 2006, the Route 66 location was featured on the Food Network show Feasting on Asphalt, hosted by Alton Brown.

Asphalt was also used for repaving of segments to the south ; today the original concrete remains only between the US 44 and northern NY 82 exits.

Asphalt proved less expensive, and it was used again when the next, and last, section of the Taconic, to the Thruway, was paved in the early 1960s.

Asphalt is known as a flexible pavement, one which slowly will " flow " under the pounding of traffic.

He was one of the police officers who held back the crowd at the premiere of Monroe's 1950 movie, The Asphalt Jungle, although she was never present at the event herself.