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Sadly Over-hyped

Load of rubbish!!

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Bank cashier Edward G. Robinson (Chris) has wasted his life working as a bank cashier for 25 years. Imagine that! What a nightmare. His boss Samuel S. Hinds (Charles) rewards his long service by giving him a watch which he probably doesn't want. Anyway, Robinson expresses his gratitude and heads home whereupon he comes across damsel-in-distress Joan Bennett (Kitty) and rescues her from a beating. They strike up a friendship but Bennett is devious. She and boyfriend Dan Duryea (Johnny) have a plan to milk this new friendship to get some cash out of it.The cast are all good in this film and I immediately recognized Rosalind Ivan (Adele) who plays Robinson's wife. She had a similar role, which she plays perfectly, in the film "The Suspect" (1944) as the wife of Charles Laughton. In that film, Laughton dispatches her, quite rightly, as she is a nasty piece of work. Once again, she plays a character who is truly deserving of some kind of punishment. As for our 3 leads, I feel that they all get a fate that none of them deserve. This film dishes out some pretty unfair bleakness for all involved in the main plot.The moral of the story is buy pieces of art as an investment because the prices are astronomically ludicrous. And no-one really knows a good piece of art when they see it so get cracking with the crayons! And if you feel sorry for Edward G. in this film, just remember that he still has that watch he was given at the beginning of the film. Straight on ebay.

This one is better than I guessed it would be from the plot description. I quite enjoyed this gem! Edward G. Robinson is Christopher Cross - a man very lonely even though he's been married for 5 years. He's never had the love of woman and wants that in life so badly that he tried to get with a woman years younger than him, Katharine 'Kitty' March. Kitty is in-love with Johnny Prince who is NO Prince at all, in-fact he's a real jerk but so Kitty. Together Johnny and Kitty decide to try to take Christopher for all his money by Kitty playing on Chris' loneliness. Little does Kitty know that Chris is broke and ends up stealing money to give to Kitty because he's grown feelings for her. But things end up much worse than Johnny, Kitty or Chris ever planned for.There is a twist in the middle with Chris, and his wife Adele and her dead husband - that leads to an even stranger ending.Well worth watching, a very good mystery film! 9/10

Scarlet Street was a movie that some could say portrayed a modern day prostitute and pimp scenario, or a prostitute with a client. Kitty one of the main actresses lives a double life, she takes advantage of a "mature" gentleman Chris Cross who is a famous painter at the time in New York City. Kitty is in a relationship with an abusive significant other and just wants to be treated like a proper women. Later on in the movie Kitty reveals that she was just using Chris for his money, and he is distraught with emotion by this. Fritz Lang did a wonderful job directing by leaving you with a cliff hanger of a ending not your typical Hollywood style happy ending, but one more full of gluttony and shame. He also has a spectacular eye while character portrayal from angles and foreshadowing with the light placement. I would say this is a good movie if you enjoy classical mystery/ thriller. Also the twist of the a classical character portrayal from outfits and style to a mid 1940's movie was excellent on the directors part. I enjoyed this movie and do recommend it to others.

This is definitely one of the best movies I have seen all through out Cinema history. It had me on the edge of my seat from the first frame to the last.Brilliant direction by Fritz Lang who times and measures every nuance and emotion of this movie like a master conductor.The cast are equally brilliant with Edward G Robinson taking us through this journey like a close and trusted friend.The timing and pace of the movie is a work of art and genius. This is extremely rare to get all the elements so right in a movie. And Fritz Lang has done it.This is an all time classic that stands the test of time. A Truly great masterpiece.