{"id":18198,"date":"2017-06-20T04:17:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T08:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=18198"},"modified":"2020-07-22T16:11:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T20:11:37","slug":"scarlet-street-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=18198","title":{"rendered":"Scarlet Street (1945)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scarlet Street (1945)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director:<\/strong> Fritz Lang<\/p>\n

Screenplay:<\/strong> Dudley Nichols<\/p>\n

Stars:<\/strong> Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea<\/p>\n

The Pitch:<\/strong> “Hey, let’s make a really dark movie with Edward G. Robinson!”<\/p>\n

Tagline:<\/strong> The things she does to men can end only one way – in murder!<\/p>\n

The Overview:<\/strong>  Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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?<\/p>\n

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