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 cashier befriends a young woman who conspires to steal his money and fame as an artist. 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.
In Scarlet Street (based on a French novel and play, La Chienne, by Georges de la Fouchardiere and Andre Mouezy-Eon, filmed in 1931 by Jean Renoir), Robinson's patsy is subjected to even more debasement, some self-inflicted. Bennett's thinly-veiled prostitute character, Kitty, memorably nicknamed Lazy Legs by Johnny (Duryea's vaguely pimpish ...
- 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.
Scarlet Street. 1945 · 1 hr 43 min. TV-PG. Thriller · Crime · Drama. In one of Fritz Lang's finest American films, Edward G. Robinson stars as as a meek cashier who plunges into a whirlpool of lust, larceny and revenge. Starring: Dan Duryea Edward G. Robinson Joan Bennett Margaret Lindsay Rosalind Ivan. Directed by: Fritz Lang.
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