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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
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
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
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.
Dec 31, 2014 · Sure, Metropolis will knock your socks off. Sure, 'M' is a moody thriler. But there's nothing really like Scarlet Street. Part screwball comedy, part film noir psycho thriller. Sheer genius, beautiful cinematography by Milton Krasner. Edward G. Robinson gets to show his true colours as an art lover, too. Brilliant!
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