22.12.11

scarlet street (1945)


"How can a man be so dumb..."
A henpecked older man Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson) goes to the defence of a beautiful young woman (Joan Bennett) one night, when she is attacked in the street. This chance encounter turns his head and sets him up as a patsy for her boyfriend (Dan Duryea) who believing Chris to be rich sets out to fleece him.
Neglected noir, that features a wonderful performance by Robinson as the repressed gent.

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