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Scarlet Street

	Scarlet Street
	by United American Video Sales Rank: 45827 Price: $6.99

In a way, <I>Scarlet Street</I> is a remake. It's taken from a French novel, <I>La Chienne</I> (literally, "The Bitch") that was first filmed by Jean Renoir in 1931. Renoir brought to the sordid tale all the color and vitality of Montmartre; Fritz Lang's version shows us a far harsher and bleaker world. The film replays the triangle set-up from Lang's previous picture, <I>The Woman in the Window</I>, with the same three actors. Once again, Edward G. Robinson plays a respectable middle-aged citizen snared by the charms of Joan Bennett's streetwalker, with Dan Duryea as her low-life pimp. But this time around, all three characters have moved several notches down the ethical scale. Robinson, who in the earlier film played a college professor who kills by accident, here becomes a downtrodden clerk with a nagging, shrewish wife and unfilled ambitions as an artist, a man who murders in a jealous rage. Bennett is a mercenary vamp, none too bright, and Duryea brutal and heartless. The plot closes around the three of them like a steel trap. This is Lang at his most dispassionate. <I>Scarlet Street</I> is a tour de force of noir filmmaking, brilliant and ice-cold.<p> When it was made the film hit censorship problems, since at the time it was unacceptable to show a murder going unpunished. Lang went out of his way to show the killer plunged into the mental hell of his own guilt, but for some authorities this still wasn't enough, and the film was banned in New York State for being "immoral, indecent and corrupt." Not that this did its box-office returns any harm at all. <I>--Philip Kemp</I> *Viewer Reviews* Although I liked "The Woman in the Window" this film with the same two major stars is much more involved. "Scarlet Street" is a film that delivers it all and more. Joan Bennett as always is a delight to look at on screen. Dan Duryea is perfect as the slimy, pimp like character. I can't think of anyone who would have played his roll better. This movie is a must for any "film noir" collection. Back To Top
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