Scarlet Street

This is an intriguing film noir from director Fritz Lang who also gave us "The Woman in the Window". Again, the same trio--Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Dur... more >

This is an intriguing film noir from director Fritz Lang who also gave us "The Woman in the Window". Again, the same trio--Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea star in basically similar roles. Robinson is the henpecked husband who falls for Bennett's allure and even sets her up in a fancy apartment, not knowing that he's being set up for a scam by Bennett and her scheming boyfriend. A gripping film, it owes much to Robinson's portrayal of a man unable to cope with his meaningless existence in a routine job until a woman offers him a sense of adventure and romance. When he discovers his betrayal, he turns to murder. As a lover of film noir, this one rates high on my list of "must see" films.

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Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea

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