FILM: Scarlet Street
Date and Time
Tuesday Apr 14, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Tuesday 14 April, 7:00 pm
Location
Art Deco Education Center at Historic City Hall, 1130 Washington Av, Miami Beach
Fees/Admission
Free admission
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Contact Information
Scott Timm
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Description
Directed by Fritz Lang USA/1945/101 minutes/B&W A box-office hit in its day (despite being banned in three states), "Scarlet Street" is perhaps legendary director Fritz Lang's (M, Metropolis) finest American film. When middle-aged milquetoast Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson--Double Indemnity, Little Caesar) rescues street-walking bad girl Kitty (Joan Bennett--The Reckless Moment) from the rain-slicked gutters of an eerily artificial backlot Greenwich Village, he plunges headlong into a whirlpool of lust, larceny and revenge. As Chris' obsession with the irresistibly vulgar Kitty grows, the meek cashier is seduced, corrupted, humiliated and transformed into an avenging monster before implacable fate and perverse justice triumph in the most satisfyingly downbeat denouement in the history of American film.
