Scarlet Street
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.
Plot
New York, 1934 – Christopher "Chris" Cross, a meek amateur painter and cashier for a clothing retailer, is fêted by his employer for 25 years of service. After presenting Chris with a gold watch and kind words, company head J.J. Hogarth leaves the party and gets into a car with a beautiful blonde. Chris muses to a colleague about his desire to be loved by a young woman like that.
More details
| author | Dudley Nichols Georges de La Fouchardière |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Fritz Lang |
| editor | Arthur Hilton |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | arrest art critic art gallery attack business deal claim clothe drown gold watch greenwich village haunt hear love loveless marriage paint rescue speakeasy steal street vendor suspect think young woman |
| musicBy | Hans J. Salter |
| producer | Walter Wanger |
| productionCompany | Diana Production Company Fritz Lang Productions Walter Wanger Productions |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | film noir noir |