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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.
Scarlet Street: Directed by Fritz Lang. With Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay. A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.
- (19K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Fritz Lang
- 1945-12-28
Scarlet Street (1945) - Turner Classic Movies. 1h 43m1945. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A middle aged wouldbe painter falls into the clutches of an unscrupulous woman. Cast & Crew. Read More. Fritz Lang. Director. Edward G. Robinson. Christopher Cross. Joan Bennett.
- 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).
- 101 min
- 3.9K
- CINÉMOI
Released Dec 28, 1945 1h 46m Crime Drama. List. Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson) is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March (Joan...
- (17)
- Edward G. Robinson
- Fritz Lang
- Universal Pictures
Dec 31, 2014 · But while Scarlet Street has elements of film noir, it is in reality a black comedy. While Robinson plays it straight throughout, Bennett and Duryea camp it up marvelously. Bennett laughs when Robinson claims to be a painter: "And here I had you pegged as a cashier!"
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.