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The Asphalt Jungle (1961)

The Asphalt Jungle poster
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 14 episodes
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A squad of detectives targets organized crime in the Midwestern United States. The show focuses on their investigations and the criminals they pursue.

grimtenseproceduralgrittymethodicalsternno-nonsense

What happens

The Asphalt Jungle is a 1961 American police procedural television series starring Jack Warden, Arch Johnson, and Bill Smith about a squad of detectives targeting organized crime in the Midwestern United States. Inspired by the 1950 film The Asphalt Jungle, it aired from April 2 to June 25, 1961, on ABC, followed by reruns until September 24, 1961. The Asphalt Jungle's pilot episode was re-edited and lengthened to create the 1961 theatrical film The Lawbreakers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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