Scarlet Street
A box-office hit in its day (despite being banned in three states), 'Scarlet Street' is perhaps legendary director Fritz Lang's ('M', 'Metropolis') finest American film. When middle-aged Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson) rescues street-walking bad girl Kitty (Joan Bennett) from the rain slicked gutters of an eerily artificial backlot Greenwich Village, he plunges headlong into a whirlpool of lust, larceny and revenge. As Chris' obsession with the irresistibly vulgar Kitty grows, the meek cashier is seduced, corrupted, humiliated and transformed into an avenging monster before implacable fate and perverse justice triumph in the most satisfyingly downbeat denouement in the history of American film. 'Scarlet Street' is a dark gem of film noir and golden age Hollywood filmmaking at its finest.
Year: 1945
Genre: Classic Film Noir, Best of the 1940s
Country: USA
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Dan Duryea, Edward G Robinson, Joan Bennett, Margaret Lindsay
Duration: 103 Minutes
Rating: PG - Contains violence.
7.9/10
Location in store: Classic Noir
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