---
title: 'Scarlet Street (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fritz Lang'
released: '1945-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/scarlet-street-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038057/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Scarlet Street (1945)

1945 · 103 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Scarlet Street is a 1945 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang. The screenplay concerns two criminals who take advantage of a middle-aged painter in order to steal his artwork. The film is based on the French novel La Chienne by Georges de La Fouchardière, which had been previously dramatized on stage by André Mouëzy-Éon, and cinematically as La Chienne (1931) by director Jean Renoir.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fritz Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-lang)
- **Producer:** [Fritz Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-lang), [Walter Wanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-wanger)
- **Screenplay:** [Dudley Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-nichols), [Georges de La Fouchardière](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-de-la-fouchardiere)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans J. Salter](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-j-salter)
- **Director of Photography:** [Milton Krasner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-krasner)
- **Editor:** [Arthur Hilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hilton)

## Cast

- [Joan Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-bennett)
- [Dan Duryea](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-duryea)
- [Syd Saylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/syd-saylor)
- [Clarence Muse](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-muse)
- [Edward Keane](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-keane)
- [Russell Hicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hicks)
- [Rosalind Ivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalind-ivan)
- [Vladimir Sokoloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-sokoloff)
- [Edward G. Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-g-robinson)
- [Charles C. Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-c-wilson)
- [Jess Barker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jess-barker)
- [Emmett Vogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-vogan)
- [Byron Foulger](https://cinepixo.com/people/byron-foulger)
- [Charles Kemper](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-kemper)
- [Fritz Leiber](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-leiber-2)

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