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Scarlet Street is a 1945 American crime drama film noir directed by Fritz Lang. The screenplay was written by Dudley Nichols and Georges de La Fouchardière, based on the work La Chienne. The cast includes Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, and Margaret Lindsay. Produced by Lang and Walter Wanger, the film was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix.
The narrative is set in New York City and was filmed in black-and-white. The production team included director of photography Milton Krasner, editor Arthur Hilton, composer Hans J. Salter, production designer Alexander Golitzen, and costume designer Travis Banton. The runtime is listed as 102 or 103 minutes. The film has a budget of 1,202,000 and generated revenue of 2,948,500.
Critical reception includes a 100% rating and a score of 8.1 out of 10. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.7 from 21,037 votes and a TMDb average of 7.591. The film received three nominations for awards and passed the Bechdel test. Its tagline states, "The things she does to men can end only one way - in murder!"
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7.6Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
Cast
- Edward G. Robinson as Christopher Cross
- Joan Bennett as Katherine 'Kitty' March
- Dan Duryea as Johnny Prince
- Margaret Lindsay as Millie Ray
- Jess Barker as David Janeway
- Rosalind Ivan as Adele Cross
Themes
- new york city
- roommates
- pimp
- death sentence
- painter
- femme fatale
- film noir
- murder
- scam
- electric chair
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
21,037 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1945
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- film noir
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- La Chienne
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Screenwriter
- Georges de La Fouchardière
- Cast member
- Byron Foulger
- Composer
- Hans J. Salter
- Producer
- Walter Wanger
- Cinematographer
- Milton Krasner
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 755307
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Scarlet Street (1945) 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Scarlet Street
- publication date
- 1945-12-28
- film editor
- Arthur Hilton
- title
- Scarlet Street
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Alexander Golitzen
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Travis Banton
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 100%
- capital cost
- 1202007
- copyright status
- public domain
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