Review of Scarlet Street (1945) by Matthew L — 26 Nov 2007
Edward G. Robinson plays the world's biggest sucker as Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea take him for a ride. Fritz Lang's direction is at its height (at least the height of his American movies) of its powers.
Bennett is one of the screen's most rotten femme fatales stewing in vulgarity and Duryea is about as slimy and as likable as AIDS. The courtroom scene was as great as Robinson's paintings and the scene (actually scenes) where Robinson finally loses his shit is (are) fantastic.
It seemed to violently (no pun intended) change gears a little too late, but still not bad. A great example of film noir.
This review of Scarlet Street (1945) was written by Matthew L on 26 Nov 2007.
Scarlet Street has generally received very positive reviews.
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