movie poster for SCARLET STREET

Flicks ID

5701

Cert

PG

Running time

142 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

SCARLET STREET (1945)

FRITZ LANG

Plot

A remake of Jean Renoir's 1931 film 'La Chienne', this is Hollywood film noir at it's bleakest and most psychologically tortuous. Edward G Robinson plays a middle-class, middle-aged painter who becomes obsessed with an actress-cum-prostitute played by Joan Bennett. An incisive script, haunting score and claustrophobic visuals.