

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.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Dan DuryeaMartin Blair
- June VincentCatherine Bennett
- Peter LorreMarko
- Broderick CrawfordCaptain Flood
- Constance DowlingMavis Marlowe
- Wallace FordJoe
- Hobart CavanaughJake
- Freddie SteeleLucky, Manager of Rio's
- Ben BardBartender
- Junius MatthewsDr. Courtney
Crew
- Roy William NeillDirector
- Roy ChanslorScreenplay
- Cornell WoolrichNovel
- Paul IvanoDirector of Photography
- Frank SkinnerOriginal Music Composer
- Saul A. GoodkindEditor
- Roy William NeillProducer
- Tom McKnightProducer
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