RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

jnorona Enjoyable performances and entertaining movie. I liked this movie, but I am surprised it was made in 1945. The quality of the film made it feel like it was from the 1930's but that is explained by IMDb. I purchased the DVD so it is in my collection now. The audio quality overall is good enough to understand the dialog, but has a metallic sound up to about the middle of the film in the copy I have. I think the point of the ending is insightful and psychologically true for many decent people who are not meant to take a wrong turn but they do, which is what film noir Hollywood movies are about.

oOoBarracuda I have yet to skip a movie knowing that Edward G. Robinson stars in it, this method to movie watching has not proved me wrong yet, and it didn't this time with Scarlet Street. In 1945 Edward G. Robinson starred along with Joan Bennett in a film by Fritz Lang chronicling the story of a seasoned man living a listless life searching for a way to give his life meaning and decides to create the meaning he seeks by befriending a young woman. Living a life he didn't choose, with a woman who treats him like a housemaid, what is left for a man than to explore the world on his own? Scarlet Street is a film noir classic that is not to be missed by fans of this sub-genre, nor fans of Edward G. Robinson. Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson) is a stellar employee, he's been a cashier at the same job for 25 years, loyalty that is appreciated by all those around him, and treasured by his boss. At a dinner party, his boss even gifts him a gold watch. Chris doesn't have it in him to be disloyal, he even stays loyal to his wife who gives him a nightly chore list and insists that he paint, his one true passion in life, in the bathroom of their home. Chris has always wanted to be an artist, life just got away from him and left him comfortable in a life he didn't choose. One evening, while walking home after a dinner party, Chris sees what he believes to be an attempted mugging, and rushes to help the woman he sees in distress. After getting to know the woman, Chris falls in love. Unfortunately, Katharine 'Kitty' March (Joan Bennett) is a con artist and in love with a career criminal Johnny Prince (Dan Duryea) and both of them realize that they can take financial advantage of Chris. Chris, who has allowed Kitty to believe he is a wealthy artist now has to devise a plan to come up with the money that Kitty keeps requesting. Stealing from his work and his wife, Chris puts Kitty up in an apartment and begins to paint and store his work there. Johnny sees Chris's art as a golden opportunity and begins selling his work as Kitty's, soon gaining the attention of a well- known critic and art dealer. For awhile, this arrangement works, Kitty is paid for Chris's work, and Chris gets to paint and knows that his work is hung at the most prestigious of galleries. When Chris finally gets the courage to leave his wife, only to discover he has been used all along by Kitty, it proves too much for him to bear.The first thing that was impossible to notice was how rough of a cut Scarlet Street was. Apparently, there existed a lapse in ownership creating a legal channel for Scarlet Street to be copied and distributed en mass. The downside of this mass distribution is a grainy, terrible copy of a wonderful film. Despite the rough cut of the film, Edward G. Robinson shines, as he always does; a true great of film noir. Despite the overt moral message of code approved films, Scarlet Street is a wonderful exploration of what one will do to live the life they want, and what one will steal to live the life they believe they deserve.

preppy-3 Edward G. Robinson plays Christopher Cross a mild-mannered bank cashier. He's married to a mean vicious woman. One night he saves beautiful Katharine March (Joan Bennett) from being beaten up. They got out for drinks after and he lies to her and tells her he's a famous painter. He's fallen in love with her so she decides to use that against him and take him for everything he's got. She plans it all with her slimy boyfriend Johnny (Dan Duryea). Things get complicated and it all ends on a very negative and bleak note.Easily one of the darkest film noirs of the 1940s and one of the best. Well-directed and acted by almost everybody. The script is full of sharp dialogue and many twists and turns. Also it suggests strongly that March is a prostitute but doesn't come right out and say it. As it was this was banned outright is some parts of the US (which is ridiculous). The only negative thing here is Duryea. He plays his part WAY too broadly. He seems to act like he's in a comedy and not a drama. Still it's well worth catching.

f-madany The Scarlet Street has a semblance of Film Noir, but it doesn't have a male (usually) lead disillusioned and at odds with a post war society, but more disillusioned with the world. And as the movie begins we can immediate empathize and connect with Robinson's character, and from this connection we truly feel what it's like for him when he loses everything, from making that one choice in his life. Director Lang, truly makes the film one of the most depressing shocking pieces of cinema that has to be seen, most people don't really want to see a movie that not going to have a happy ending, but seeing this film will be worth it. It's so rich in cinematography, acting, editing, director influence, it would be a shame not to see it