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Scarlet Street (1945)

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Release Date: Dec 28, 1945 Wide

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Masterfully directed by Fritz Lang, Scarlet Street is a bleak film in which an ordinary man succumbs first to vice and then to murder. Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson) is a lonely man married to a nagging wife. Painting is the only thing that brings him joy. Cross meets Kitty (Joan Bennett) who, believing him to be a famous painter, begins an affair with him. Encouraged by her lover, con man Johnny Prince (Dan Duryea) Kitty persuades Cross to embezzle money from his employer in order to

PG, 1 hr. 42 min.

Drama

Directed By: Fritz Lang

Written By: Georges de La Fouchardi�re, Andr� Mou�zy-�on

In Theaters: Dec 28, 1945 Wide

On DVD: Feb 19, 2002

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Cast

Edward G. Robinson
Christopher Cross
Joan Bennett
Kitty March
Dan Duryea
Johnny Prince
Margaret Lindsay
Millie Ray
Jess Barker
Janeway
Rosalind Ivan
Adele Cross
Samuel S. Hinds
Charles Pringle
Arthur Loft
Dellarowe
Vladimir Sokoloff
Pop LeJon
Charles Kemper
Patcheye
Russell Hicks
J.J. Hogarth
Anita Bolster
Mrs. Michaels
Fred Essler
Marchetti
Edgar Dearing
Policeman
Tom Dillon
Policeman
Chuck Hamilton
Chauffeur
Gus Glassmire
Employee
Ralph Littlefield
Employee
Sherry Hall
Employee
Rodney Bell
Barney
Richard Abbott
Critic
Joan Barton
Hurdy Gurdy Man
Rychard Cramer
Principal Keeper
Dick Curtis
3rd Detective
Joe Devlin
Joe Williams
Thomas P. Dillon
Policeman
Rev. Neal Dodd
Priest
Ralph Dunn
Policeman
Byron Foulger
Jones Apartment House M...
Arthur E. Gould-Porter
Critic
Herbert Heywood
Bellboy
Boyd Irwin
Critic
Edward Keane
Detective
Cy Kendall
Nick
Milt Kibbee
Saunders
Fritz Leiber
Evangelist
George Lloyd
Conway
Lou Lubin
Tiny bartender
Robert Malcolm Young
Policeman
George Meader
Holliday
Howard Mitchell
Employee
Horace Murphy
Milkman
Clarence Muse
Ben
Lee Phelps
Policeman
Constance Purdy
Matron
Beatrice Roberts
Secretary
Dewey Robinson
Derelict
Sid Saylor
Tom Crocker
Scott Wallace
Drunk
Emmett Vogan
Prosecution Attorney
Dick Wessel
2nd Detective
Matt Willis
Policeman
Charles C. Wilson
Watchman
Will Wright
Loan Officer Manager
Thomas E. Jackson
Chief of Detectives
William Hall
Policeman
Henri DeSoto
Waiter
Kerry Vaughn
Blonde Girl
Tom Daly
Penny

Critic Reviews for Scarlet Street

All Critics (17) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (0) | DVD (8)

A film noir so potent for its time that it was banned in Atlanta, Milwaukee and the entire state of New York.

April 25, 2012 Full Review Source: Creative Loafing

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Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

The first of Fritz Lang's jaundiced American noirs to make it to Blu-ray in a beautifully crisp transfer whose material flaws are far easier to forgive than a dame that done you wrong.

February 28, 2012 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Jaime N. Christley

Slant Magazine

Powerful film noir, of a poor clerk lured into a tragic love story.

July 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

Scarlet Street is arguably the darkest of Lang's American films.

December 31, 2005 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

An uncompromising subversive remake of Jean Renoir's La Chienne (1931).

February 12, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Interesting film noir.

October 14, 2002 Comment

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

They seldom get any darker than this.

February 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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Never have I encountered a film that involves a painter, where I actually cared so much about what happened to him. I felt terrible every time he was lured into another trap. This film revolves around the life of a cashier as he paints for fun on the side. His dream is to eventually sell his paintings, but can never

November 11, 2011

KJ Proulx

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Edward G. Robinson is cast against type as the timid and meek Chris Cross in this truly classic film noir that starts with a chuckle and ends with a wrecking ball straight to the gut.

January 21, 2009

Randy Tippy

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