Scarlet Street (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Director: Fritz Lang
Screenplay: Dudley Nichols
Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s make a really dark movie with Edward G. Robinson!”
Tagline: The things she does to men can end only one way – in murder!
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Chris Cross (Robinson) on the night of his retirement is feeling melancholy when he stops in a bar for a night cap. Leaving his job of 25 years where he was surrounded by people who cared about him, Cross now faces a life with a mean wife who belittles him at every chance. In the bar Cross meets and becomes enamored with Kitty March.
Cross makes her think he’s a wealthy artist. She makes him think she’s a young girl in need of help (despite the fact that she’s a con woman being encouraged by her “boyfriend” to take him for everything she can). Before it is over their lies will lead to murder — but whose?
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