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28 December 1945 (USA)
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The GREAT STARS and DIRECTOR of "Woman in the Window"
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When a man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, her venal fiancé persuades her to con him out of some of the fortune she thinks he has. full summary | full synopsis
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Tuesday Morning Foreign Region DVD Report, Obsessive Collector Edition: "Scarlet Street" (Fritz Lang, 1945)
(From The Auteurs. 15 December 2009, 6:05 AM, PST)
A Glimpse into the Origins of Film Noir
(From SoundOnSight. 18 October 2009, 3:30 PM, PDT)
(From The Auteurs. 15 December 2009, 6:05 AM, PST)
A Glimpse into the Origins of Film Noir
(From SoundOnSight. 18 October 2009, 3:30 PM, PDT)
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Film Noir with shades removed
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Edward G. Robinson | ... | Christopher Cross | |
| Joan Bennett | ... | Katharine 'Kitty' March | |
| Dan Duryea | ... | Johnny Prince | |
| Margaret Lindsay | ... | Millie Ray | |
| Rosalind Ivan | ... | Adele Cross | |
| Jess Barker | ... | David Janeway | |
| Charles Kemper | ... | Patch-eye Higgins | |
| Anita Sharp-Bolster | ... | Mrs. Michaels (as Anita Bolster) | |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Charles Pringle | |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | ... | Pop LeJon | |
| Arthur Loft | ... | Dellarowe | |
| Russell Hicks | ... | J.J. Hogarth |
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103 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Finland:(Banned) (original rating) |
Finland:K-16 (re-rating) |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG |
West Germany:12 (nf) |
Sweden:15 |
USA:Approved (PCA #11276) |
Australia:PG
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Is part of the Public Domain.
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Crew or equipment visible: When Chris and Kitty are walking to their table in the bar, the shadow of a technician's arm briefly moves across the ceiling.
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Adele Cross:
Next thing you'll be painting women without clothes.
Christopher Cross: I never saw a woman without any clothes.
Adele Cross: I should hope not!
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Christopher Cross: I never saw a woman without any clothes.
Adele Cross: I should hope not!
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Featured in Watching the Detectives (2007)
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Melancholy Baby
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Why are the picture and sound so bad?How is this film connected to "The Woman in the Window"? (1944)
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SCARLET STREET is, no doubt, one of Hollywood's first mature forays into the relationship of a prostitute with her pimp and her client.
Until 1945, the big screen's version of a 'lady of the night' was almost waif-like in her mien, casting innocent doe-like eyes at any gentleman who would like to share "a spot of tea" for a nominal fee. As portrayed by Joan Bennett, Kitty is cool,cynical, calculating, a 'ho' who is world weary and holds no illusions. Dan Duryea as her slick, slimy pimp/boyfriend, Johnny, matches Kitty scene for scene in the seediness of their relationship. "Lazylegs" is Johnny's term of affection for his Kitty when he's not cuffing her about openly on the streets.
Then there's the third wheel to this tragic ride, Edward G. Robinson as the henpecked husband Chris Cross who also happens to be a frustrated weekend artist. Kitty sees Chris as a hearty meal ticket as Chris laps up Kitty's milk, little realizing that his dream girl is a nightmare in waiting.
Director Fritz Lang's unflinching finale leaves the viewer drained of emotion. There is no Hollywood happy ending at the end of SCARLET STREET, just a back alley of guilt, punishment and shame.
It is no coincidence that 'Melancholy Baby' is refrained throughout this flick. As played on Kitty's phonograph, the record is scratched and skips over and over at the same spot. For this recording is, like all the characters who reside on SCARLET STREET, damaged goods.