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Scarlet Street

Play trailer Poster for Scarlet Street Released Dec 28, 1945 1h 46m Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson) is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March (Joan Bennett). Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny (Dan Duryea), a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Dan find out that art dealers are interested in Chris' work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
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Jaime N. Christley Slant Magazine In his images and his storytelling, Lang drew together masses of intersecting lines, steel cables that pulled his characters to their doom or their reward. Feb 6, 2024 Full Review Marjory Adams Boston Globe You can be assured that Mr. Robinson, Miss Bennett and Mr. Duryea give their best melodramatic efforts to this study of crime and its sure punishment. Dec 31, 2020 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 4/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Hortense Morton (Screen Scout) San Francisco Examiner Miss Bennett matches her previous excellent acting as the hard and brittle damsel with a penchant for maribou trimmed negligees, trashy literature and easy living. Jan 5, 2022 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Quite hilariously, loud mouths, circumstantial evidence, misplaced fame, moralistic conundrums, and inescapable guilt ensure that everyone will get what's coming to them. Rated: 8/10 Aug 14, 2020 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row Lesser known perhaps but no less accomplished than some of [Lang's] more famous works. Rated: 3.5/4 Aug 6, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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acsdoug D Not a bad noir, although the ending was a little disappointing. To be fair to the film makers the Hayes Code would have prevented them from ending it any other way. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/09/24 Full Review Charles C A good film with good actors well worth watching Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/21/24 Full Review Maximus G I appreciate it more than I like it. It didn't really connect with me and the middle dragged, but the ending was great. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/24 Full Review nick s An interesting storyline. It's the great acting and directing that really elevate this movie. Well worth watching. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/20/23 Full Review Martin B Just another variation of the "no fool like an old fool" theme and in the end "crime doesn't pay". It's an average movie with a lot of terrific actors. Biggest problem is there movie depends too much on Robinson's character and too little on the interaction of all the other characters. Every reaction and nuance having to be picked up of Robinson because he was the mega star but it was over the top. His wife over the top as a nag. Too much over the top. Jilted and kills is a fit of rage. The entire movie is a cliche of one sort or another. Even Dan Duryea who seems to have one character the sleazy bad guy only surprises for being executed for the one crime he didn't commit. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/04/23 Full Review Christopher B A masterful and powerful film directed by the legendary Fritz Lang, "Scarlet Street" is a dark and gloom filled tale of vice and murder. The film really develops the characters and you truly feel for them as they try and naively cope with the unforgiving world around them. Real people in real situations and the desperation that rears it's head and causes chaos is the theme here and is enacted perfectly by the cast and written wonderfully! This really is a haunting and powerful film that has a powerful performance by all involved, especially Edward G. Robinson as the lonely and desperate Christopher Cross. Ultimately we are shown that no matter what you legally get away from, sometimes the worst thing is your own conscience. This is a great film that I would recommend to anyone interested in film and especially those that like dark dramas and film-noir. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/03/22 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson) is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March (Joan Bennett). Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny (Dan Duryea), a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Dan find out that art dealers are interested in Chris' work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
Director
Fritz Lang
Producer
Fritz Lang
Screenwriter
Dudley Nichols, Georges de la Fouchardière, Andre Mouézy-Éon
Distributor
Film Classics Inc., Video Yesterday, Questar, Universal Pictures, LS Video, Hollywood Classics, Reel Media International [us], Take 2 Video, Corinth Films [us]
Production Co
Universal Pictures, Walter Wanger Productions, Inc., Diana Production Company
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 28, 1945, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 28, 2016
Runtime
1h 46m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.37:1)
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