Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

103 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Dec. 25, 1945

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.

Scarlet Street

103 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Dec. 25, 1945

Scarlet Street
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Universal Pictures, Diana Productions, Inc., Fritz Lang Productions
Original title Scarlet Street
Directors Melville Shyer, Fritz Lang
Writers André Mouézy-Éon, Georges de La Fouchardière, Dudley Nichols

Cast

Edward G. Robinson

as Christopher Cross

Joan Bennett

as Katherine 'Kitty' March

Dan Duryea

as Johnny Prince

Margaret Lindsay

as Millie Ray

Jess Barker

as David Janeway

Rosalind Ivan

as Adele Cross

Charles Kemper

as Patch-eye Higgins

Anita Sharp-Bolster

as Mrs. Michaels

Samuel S. Hinds

as Charles Pringle

Vladimir Sokoloff

as Pop LeJon

Arthur Loft

as Dellarowe

Russell Hicks

as J.J. Hogarth

Richard Abbott

as Critic at Gallery (uncredited)

Rodney Bell

as Barney (uncredited)

Richard Cramer

as Principal Keeper (uncredited)

Dick Curtis

as Detective (uncredited)

Tom Daly

as Penny - Bartender (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

as Policeman (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

as Joe Williams, Morning World (uncredited)

Tom Dillon

as Policeman (uncredited)

William Hall

as Policeman (uncredited)

Robert Malcolm

as Policeman (uncredited)

Neal Dodd

as Priest (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

as First Policeman in Park (uncredited)

Fred Essler

as Marchetti (uncredited)

Lance Fuller

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Gus Glassmire

as Employee (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

as Employee (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

as Employee (uncredited)

Ralph Littlefield

as Employee (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

as Employee (uncredited)

Arthur Gould-Porter

as Critic at Gallery (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin

as Critic at Gallery (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

as Bellboy (uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson

as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

Edward Keane

as Detective (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

as Detective (uncredited)

Cy Kendall

as Nick (uncredited)

Fritz Leiber

as Evangelist (uncredited)

George Lloyd

as Vince Conway, Ledger (uncredited)

Lou Lubin

as Tiny - Bartender (uncredited)

George Meader

as Holliday (uncredited)

Horace Murphy

as Milkman (uncredited)

Clarence Muse

as Ben - Bank Janitor (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as First Policeman in Hogarth's Office (uncredited)

Rose Plumer

as Knitting Woman in Lobby (uncredited)

Constance Purdy

as Matron (uncredited)

Beatrice Roberts

as Secretary (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

as Derelict Saving Cross (uncredited)

Syd Saylor

as Tom Crocker, Evening Globe (uncredited)

Wallace Scott

as Drunk (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Prosecutor (uncredited)

Matt Willis

as Policeman in Hogarth's Office (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson

as Watchman (uncredited)

Will Wright

as Globe Loan Office Manager (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

as Woman (uncredited)

John Barton

as Hurdy-Gurdy Man (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as Jones - Apartment Manager (uncredited)