Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street
theatrical release poster
Directed byFritz Lang
Screenplay byDudley Nichols
Based onLa Chienne
1931 novel and play
by Georges de La Fouchardière (novel)
André Mouézy-Éon (play)
Produced byWalter Wanger
Fritz Lang
StarringEdward G. Robinson
Joan Bennett
Dan Duryea
CinematographyMilton R. Krasner
Edited byArthur Hilton
Music byHans J. Salter
Production
companies
Walter Wanger Productions
Fritz Lang Productions
Diana Production Company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 28, 1945 (1945-12-28) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,202,007[1]
Box office$2,948,386[1]

Scarlet Street is a 1945 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang. The screenplay concerns two criminals who take advantage of a middle-aged painter in order to steal his artwork. The film is based on the French novel La Chienne (literally The Bitch) by Georges de La Fouchardière, which had been previously dramatized on stage by André Mouëzy-Éon, and cinematically as La Chienne (1931) by director Jean Renoir.[2]

The principal actors Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea had earlier appeared together in The Woman in the Window (1944), also directed by Lang. Local authorities in New York, Milwaukee, and Atlanta banned Scarlet Street early in 1946 because of its dark plot and themes.[3]

The film is in the public domain.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p443
  2. ^ Scarlet Street at IMDb
  3. ^ Matthew Bernstein, "A Tale of Three Cities: The Banning of Scarlet Street". Cinema Journal (Autumn 1995), 27-52.
  4. ^ Rapold, Nicolas (14 February 2014). "Even Good Films May Go to Purgatory: Old Films Fall Into Public Domain Under Copyright Law". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. ^ Murray, Noel (23 November 2005). "Scarlet Street & House By The River". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

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