Scarlet Street
1945 · Movie · NR · 103 min · ★ 7.6 · 95% critics
A bank cashier rescues a woman from trouble and quickly becomes smitten. As he believes he’s found love and a creative future, she and her criminal boyfriend exploit his feelings, convincing him to let her take credit for his paintings—until his loyalty and desperation start to collide.
Based on La Chienne
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Details
- Years
- 1945
- Release date
- 1945-12-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (444 votes)
- Budget
- $1,202,007
About
If you like classic noir dramas with desperate romance and con artistry, Scarlet Street may hit hard, but Not for you if bleak, no-happy-ending stories feel too heavy or if you prefer straightforward moral justice like Double Indemnity or The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Pros: strong lead performance; dark noir atmosphere; tense relationship | Cons: plot feels loose; some critics question noir label; bleak ending impact
Themes
- new york city
- roommates
- pimp
- death sentence
- painter
- femme fatale
- film noir
- murder
- scam
- electric chair
- gloomy
Cast & crew
Edward G. Robinson
as Christopher Cross
Joan Bennett
as Katherine 'Kitty' March
Dan Duryea
as Johnny Prince
Margaret Lindsay
as Millie Ray
Jess Barker
as David Janeway
Rosalind Ivan
as Adele Cross
Charles Kemper
as Homer Higgins
Anita Sharp-Bolster
as Laura Michaels
Samuel S. Hinds
as Charles Pringle
Vladimir Sokoloff
as Pop LeJon
Directed by Fritz Lang