The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)

*The Asphalt Jungle*
The Asphalt Jungle
Genre	Police procedural
Starring	Jack Warden; Arch Johnson; Bill Smith;
Composer	Duke Ellington
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producers	Arthur Lewis; Mel Epstein; Jaime del Valle;
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	April 2 –; June 25, 1961
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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 repeats until September 24, 1961.^[1]^[2]

The Asphalt Jungle's pilot episode was re-edited and lengthened to create the 1961 theatrical film The Lawbreakers.^[3]

^ McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 64.
^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (9 ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
^ Library of Congress The Asphalt Jungle