Street of Chance (1942 film)

Street of Chance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJack Hively
Screenplay byGarrett Fort
Based onCornell Woolrich
(based on a story)
Produced bySol C. Siegel
StarringBurgess Meredith
Claire Trevor
CinematographyTheodor Sparkuhl
Edited byArthur P. Schmidt
Music byDavid Buttolph
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • October 3, 1942 (1942-10-03)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Street of Chance is a 1942 American film noir mystery film directed by Jack Hively and starring Burgess Meredith as a man who finds he has been suffering from amnesia and Claire Trevor as a woman who protects him from the police, who suspect him of murder. He is suspected of the murder of the wealthy Harry Diedrich. The only eyewitness to the murder was Harry's mute grandmother, and she can only communicate with others through sign language.

The story was based on Cornell Woolrich's novel The Black Curtain. It was later dramatized three times on the CBS Radio series Suspense.