Review of Scarlet Street (1945) by Doug C — 15 Aug 2009
Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson) is one of the biggest dopes in cinematic history. An aspiring artist stuck in a loveless marriage, he has worked for the same company for 25 years and only has a pocket watch to show for it.
When a chance encounter with Kitty March (Joan Bennett) leads to romantic entaglments he suddenly sees a chance for himself to be happy in life. Sadly for Chris, Kitty (and her sleazy boyfriend Johnny) is stringing him along for all he's worth.
What happens next makes up the meat of this excellent film. Directed by the great Fritz Lang this film noir starts bleak and only gets darker from there. The use of the paintings every now and then is striking and gives the film a unique style. The ending is excellent and contains a rather interesting way to get around the hays code.
This review of Scarlet Street (1945) was written by Doug C on 15 Aug 2009.
Scarlet Street has generally received very positive reviews.
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