Edward G. Robinson
Christopher Cross
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Scarlet Street is a 1945 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang. The screenplay concerns two criminals who take advantage of a middle-aged painter in order to steal his artwork.
A middle-aged cashier befriends a young woman and becomes a victim of her con scheme. Directed by Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea.
- (19K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Fritz Lang
- 1945-12-28
Humble lowly bank cashier, tyrannised spouse, and amateur painter, Christopher Cross, finds an unexpected opening in his humdrum existence when he boldly comes to the aid of the blonde gold-digging femme fatale, Kitty March, attacked by her unscrupulous lover, Johnny Prince.
Johnny, certain Chris is a famous artist, takes some of his paintings to a street vendor, who assesses them as amateurish, but offers to try and sell them. The next day, the vendor brings art critic Arthur Janeway to see Johnny, who tells him that Kitty did the paintings.
- Fritz Lang, Melville Shyer
- Edward G. Robinson
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 ...
- (17)
- Edward G. Robinson
- Fritz Lang
- Universal Pictures
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the classic film noir Scarlet Street, directed by Fritz Lang and based on a novel by Georges de La Fouchardière. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, cinematographers and more.
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