| Scarlet Street | |
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| Directed by | Fritz Lang |
| Screenplay by | Dudley Nichols |
| Based on | La Chienne 1931 novel and play by Georges de La Fouchardière (novel) André Mouézy-Éon (play) |
| Produced by | Walter Wanger Fritz Lang |
| Starring | Edward G. Robinson Joan Bennett Dan Duryea |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Edited by | Arthur Hilton |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
Production companies | Walter Wanger Productions Fritz Lang Productions Diana Production Company |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| 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]
- ^ a b Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p443
- ^ Scarlet Street at IMDb
- ^ Matthew Bernstein, "A Tale of Three Cities: The Banning of Scarlet Street". Cinema Journal (Autumn 1995), 27-52.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Murray, Noel (23 November 2005). "Scarlet Street & House By The River". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 10 March 2018.