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1946-08-021h 21m

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DURYEA! ...that fascinating tough-guy of "Scarlet Street"!

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.

Directors
Roy William Neill
Editors
Saul A. Goodkind

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  1. Dan Duryea

    Dan Duryea

    Martin Blair

  2. June Vincent

    June Vincent

    Catherine Bennett

  3. Peter Lorre

    Peter Lorre

    Marko

  4. Broderick Crawford

    Broderick Crawford

    Captain Flood

  5. Constance Dowling

    Constance Dowling

    Mavis Marlowe

  6. Wallace Ford

    Wallace Ford

    Joe

  7. Hobart Cavanaugh

    Hobart Cavanaugh

    Jake

  8. Freddie Steele

    Freddie Steele

    Lucky, Manager of Rio's

  9. Ben Bard

    Ben Bard

    Bartender

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Jul 7, 2022

6/10

When a blackmailing singer is found dead, poor old "Kirk Bennett" (John Phillips) is convicted of her murder. His wife, June Vincent ("Catherine") enlists the help of bar-fly "Blair" (Dan Duryea) who happens to be the ex-husband of the murdered woman and, posing as a pianist and singer, they start to investigate, ending up playing quite a complex game of cat and mouse with the excellently sleazy nightclub owner/petty criminal "Marko" (Peter Lorre). Duryea raises his game with his performance here and the safe pair of hands at the tiller from Roy William Neill keeps this well constructed, if occasionally soggy, crime noir moving along quite well with quite a few interesting twists and trust to keep it unpredictable.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
falsely accusedfilm noir