Film Noir? Confused Colour in Broadcast Films

Confusion reigns with film formats -

Prize awarded to Channel 5 television which eleven years ago broadcast 'The Asphalt Jungle' in colour...?

'The Asphalt Jungle'

'The Asphalt Jungle' (1950) In Black and White

How it was made to be seen in Monochrome (1.37 : 1)

How Channel Five broadcast it...

'The Asphalt Jungle' Colourized by Channel Five "Please Uncle Lon, they have given me Danny Kaye's hair! ... Can't you get Channel Five to turn the chroma off?"

OFF-COLOUR PRIZE:

Awarded to Channel 5

'Asphalt Jungle' shown 'colorized' April 2010

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