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65-574: The principal actors Edward G. Robinson , Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea had earlier appeared together in The Woman in the Window (1944), also directed by Lang. Local authorities in New York, Milwaukee, and Atlanta banned Scarlet Street early in 1946 because of its dark plot and themes. The film is in the public domain . New York, 1934 – Christopher "Chris" Cross, a late middle-aged cashier for

130-573: A Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Maltese Falcon . During the 1940s he performed on CBS Radio's "Cadena de las Américas" network broadcasts to South America in collaboration with Nelson Rockefeller 's cultural diplomacy program at the U.S. State Department's Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs . During the 1930s, Robinson was an outspoken public critic of fascism and Nazism , donating more than $ 250,000 to 850 political and charitable organizations between 1939 and 1949. He

195-711: A Yiddish -speaking Romanian Jewish family in Bucharest , the fifth son of Sarah (née Guttman) and Yeshaya Moyshe Goldenberg (later called Morris in the U.S.), a builder. According to the New York Times , one of his brothers was attacked by an anti-semitic gang during a "schoolboy pogrom". In the wake of that violence, the family decided to emigrate to the United States. Robinson arrived in New York City on February 21, 1904. "At Ellis Island I

260-492: A Dull Moment (1968) with Dick Van Dyke , It's Your Move (1968), Mackenna's Gold (1969) starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif , and the Night Gallery episode “The Messiah on Mott Street" (1971). The last scene that Robinson filmed was a euthanasia sequence, with his friend and co-star Charlton Heston , in the science fiction film Soylent Green (1973); he died 84 days later. Heston, as president of

325-854: A Nazi Spy (1939), the first American film that portrayed Nazism as a threat to the United States. He volunteered for military service in June 1942 but was disqualified due to his age which was 48, although he became an active and vocal critic of fascism and Nazism during that period. MGM borrowed him for Blackmail , (1939). Then, to avoid being typecast, he played the biomedical scientist and Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich in Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940), and played Paul Julius Reuter in A Dispatch from Reuters (1940). Both films were biographies of prominent Jewish public figures. In between, he and Bogart starred in Brother Orchid (1940). Robinson

390-554: A U.S. postage stamp, the sixth in its Legends of Hollywood series. Robinson has been the inspiration for a number of animated television characters, usually caricatures of his most distinctive 'snarling gangster' guise. An early version of the gangster character Rocky , featured in the Bugs Bunny cartoon Racketeer Rabbit , shared his likeness. This version of the character also appears briefly in Justice League , in

455-453: A cheap, chiseling tinhorn off the streets. A review in Variety magazine stated: "Fritz Lang's production and direction ably project the sordid tale of the romance between a milquetoast character and a gold-digging blonde ... Edward G. Robinson is the mild cashier and amateur painter whose love for Joan Bennett leads him to embezzlement, murder and disgrace. Two stars turn in top work to keep

520-434: A clothing retailer, is fêted by his employer for 25 years of service. After presenting Chris with a gold watch and kind words, company owner J.J. Hogarth leaves the party and gets into a limousine with his beautiful blonde mistress. Chris muses to a colleague about his desire to be loved by a young woman like that. Walking home through Greenwich Village still in his tuxedo, Chris sees Katherine "Kitty" March being attacked by

585-503: A comedy, The Little Giant (1933); and a romance, I Loved a Woman (1933). Robinson was then in Dark Hazard (1934) and The Man with Two Faces (1934). He went to Columbia for The Whole Town's Talking (1935), a comedy directed by John Ford. Sam Goldwyn borrowed him for Barbary Coast (1935), again directed by Hawks. Back at Warner Bros., he did Bullets or Ballots (1936) then he went to Britain for Thunder in

650-590: A criminal painter. At MGM, he was in Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945), and then Orson Welles ' The Stranger (1946), with Welles and Loretta Young . Robinson followed it with another thriller, The Red House (1947), and starred in an adaptation of All My Sons (1948). Robinson appeared for director John Huston as the gangster Johnny Rocco in Key Largo (1948), the last of five films that he made with Humphrey Bogart , and

715-491: A daughter from Robinson's wife's first marriage. The couple divorced in 1956. In 1958, Robinson married Jane Bodenheimer, a dress designer professionally known as Jane Arden. He lived in Palm Springs, California . In contrast to the gangsters he portrayed in film, Robinson was a soft-spoken and cultured man. He was a passionate art collector, eventually building up a significant private collection . In 1956, however, he

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780-549: A drunken assailant; Chris flails the man with his umbrella, who slips and is knocked out by a curb. While Chris dashes off to summon a policeman, the assailant, who is actually Kitty's boyfriend Johnny, flees. Chris walks Kitty to her apartment. His wistful remarks about art and formal dinner attire suggest to her that Chris must be a wealthy painter rather than the meek amateur he is. Enamored of Kitty and thinking she feels affection for him, Chris tells her about his loveless marriage. His shrewish wife Adele idolizes her previous husband,

845-430: A dull stretch of plot. In the role of the love-blighted cashier Edward G. Robinson performs monotonously and with little illumination of an adventurous spirit seeking air. And, as the girl whom he loves, Joan Bennett is static and colorless, completely lacking the malevolence that should flash in her evil role. Only Dan Duryea as her boy friend hits a proper and credible stride, making a vicious and serpentine creature out of

910-489: A player, a patron of the arts and a dedicated citizen ... in sum, a Renaissance man". He had been notified of the honor, but he died two months before the award ceremony took place, so the award was accepted by his widow, Jane Robinson. From 1937 to 1942, Robinson starred as Steve Wilson, editor of the Illustrated Press , in the newspaper drama Big Town . He also portrayed hardboiled detective Sam Spade for

975-504: A policeman honored for drowning while trying to rescue a suicidal woman. Needing funds for a shady business deal, Johnny believes that Kitty should play on Chris's naivete and feign romantic interest to swindle him. Kitty persuades Chris to rent her an apartment, suggesting that he can use it as his art studio. Chris falls for it, steals $ 500 in insurance bonds from his wife, and later $ 1,000 cash from his employer. Unknown to Chris, Johnny tries selling some of his paintings, leaving them with

1040-581: A radio speaker in the U.S. had previously been recognized by the American Legion , which had given him an award for his "outstanding contribution to Americanism through his stirring patriotic appeals". Robinson was also an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, serving on its executive board in 1944, during which time he became an "enthusiastic" campaigner for Roosevelt's reelection that same year. During

1105-418: A street vendor who believes them worth no more than $ 25. They attract the interest of art critic Damon Janeway, who declares the work original and brilliant. After Johnny persuades Kitty to pretend that she painted them, she charms Janeway with Chris's own views about art. Captivated by the paintings and her, Janeway advances Kitty’s career. However, Adele sees her husband's paintings, signed "Katherine March", in

1170-418: Is arrested for Kitty's murder. At the trial, Johnny's past works against him. Chris denies painting the pictures, claiming to be an untalented artist. Several witnesses confirm Chris's testimony and attest to Johnny's misdeeds and bad character. Johnny is convicted and put to death, and Kitty is immortalized as a great talent lost too soon. Haunted by getting away with murder, Chris attempts to hang himself on

1235-400: Is considered a film noir classic, along with Lang's earlier film The Woman in the Window , Robinson, who noticed the thematic similarities between the two, found the production of Scarlet Street monotonous and was eager to finish it and move on to other projects. Robinson had also disliked making The Woman in the Window . Twelve paintings created for the film by John Decker were sent to

1300-660: The House Un-American Activities Committee during the Red Scare , but he was cleared of any deliberate Communist involvement when he claimed that he was "duped" by several people whom he named (including screenwriter Dalton Trumbo ), according to the official Congressional record, "Communist infiltration of the Hollywood motion-picture industry". As a result of being investigated, he found himself on Hollywood's graylist, people who were on

1365-577: The Museum of Modern Art in New York City for exhibition in March 1946. According to Variety , the film earned rentals of $ 2.5 million in the U.S. New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther gave the film a mixed review. He wrote: But for those who are looking for drama of a firm and incisive sort, Scarlet Street is not likely to furnish a particularly rare experience. Dudley Nichols wrote

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1430-489: The Screen Actors Guild , presented Robinson with its annual award in 1969, "in recognition of his pioneering work in organizing the union, his service during World War II, and his 'outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession.'" Robinson was never nominated for an Academy Award , but in 1973 he was awarded an honorary Oscar in recognition that he had "achieved greatness as

1495-720: The United States Navy during World War I , but was not sent overseas. In 1915, Robinson made his Broadway debut in Roi Cooper Megrue's "Under Fire". He made his film debut in Arms and the Woman (1916). In 1923, he made his named debut as E. G. Robinson in the silent film, The Bright Shawl . He played a snarling gangster in the 1927 Broadway police/crime drama The Racket , which led to his being cast in similar film roles, beginning with The Hole in

1560-468: The 1930s and 1940s, Robinson was an outspoken public critic of fascism and Nazism , which were growing in strength in Europe in the years which led up to World War II . His activism included contributing over $ 250,000 to more than 850 organizations that were involved in war relief, along with contributions to cultural, educational, and religious groups. During the 1950s, he was called to testify in front of

1625-508: The 1940s, Robinson also contributed to the cultural diplomacy initiatives of Roosevelt's Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs in support of Pan-Americanism through his broadcasts to South America on the CBS "Cadena da las Américas" radio network. In early July 1944, less than a month after the Invasion of Normandy by Allied forces, Robinson traveled to Normandy to entertain

1690-682: The 7 Hoods (1964), Good Neighbor Sam (1964), Cheyenne Autumn (1964), and The Outrage (1964). He was second-billed, under Steve McQueen , with his name above the title, in The Cincinnati Kid (1965). McQueen had idolized Robinson while growing up, and opted for him when Spencer Tracy insisted on top billing for the same role. Robinson was top-billed in The Blonde from Peking . He also appeared in Grand Slam (1967), starring Janet Leigh and Klaus Kinski . Robinson

1755-519: The Buchmans, that I know, Sidney Buchman and all that sort of thing. It never entered my mind that any of these people were Communists." Despite accusing these persons of being duplicitous towards him about their political aims, Robinson never directly accused anyone of being a Communist. His own name was cleared, but in the aftermath, his career noticeably suffered; he was offered smaller roles infrequently. In October 1952, he wrote an article titled "How

1820-670: The City (1937). He made Kid Galahad (1937) with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart . MGM borrowed him for The Last Gangster (1937), then he did a comedy A Slight Case of Murder (1938). Again with Bogart in a supporting role, he was in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) and then he was borrowed by Columbia for I Am the Law (1938). At the time World War II broke out in Europe, he played an FBI agent in Confessions of

1885-503: The Hollywood blacklist maintained by the major studios, but could find work at minor film studios on what was called Poverty Row . Robinson's roles included an insurance investigator in the film noir Double Indemnity , Dathan (the adversary of Moses ) in The Ten Commandments , and his final performance in the science-fiction story Soylent Green . Robinson received an Academy Honorary Award for his work in

1950-636: The Reds made a Sucker Out of Me", and it was published in the American Legion Magazine. The chair of the committee, Francis E. Walter , told Robinson at the end of his testimonies that the Committee "never had any evidence presented to indicate that you were anything more than a very choice sucker." Robinson married stage actress Gladys Lloyd Cassell in 1927. The couple had a son, Edward G. Robinson, Jr. , known as Manny, (1933–1974), and

2015-469: The Wall (1929) with Claudette Colbert for Paramount . One of many actors who saw their careers flourish rather than falter in the new sound film era, he made only three films prior to 1930, but left his stage career that year and made 14 films between 1930 and 1932. Robinson went to Universal for Night Ride (1930) and MGM for A Lady to Love (1930) directed by Victor Sjöström . At Universal he

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2080-471: The Window (1944). The film was based on the French novel La Chienne (literally The Bitch ) by Georges de La Fouchardière , which had been dramatized on stage by André Mouëzy-Éon, and cinematically as La Chienne (1931) by director Jean Renoir . Lang's film Human Desire (1954) was based on another Renoir film, La Bête humaine (1938), which was based on Émile Zola 's novel on the same name. Renoir

2145-503: The Window . It sets a long-standing trend of a criminal not punished for his crime; this is the first Hollywood film where that happened ... The Edward G. Robinson character is viewed as an ordinary man who is influenced by an evil couple who take advantage of his vulnerability and lead him down an amoral road where he eventually in a passionate moment loses his head and commits murder. Chris's imagination can no longer save him from his dreadful existence, and his complete downfall comes about as

2210-406: The city censor of Atlanta, argued that because of "the sordid life it portrayed, the treatment of illicit love, the failure of the characters to receive orthodox punishment from the police, and because the picture would tend to weaken a respect for the law," Scarlet Street was "licentious, profane, obscure and contrary to the good order of the community."... Universal was discouraged from challenging

2275-596: The constitutionality of the censors by the protests of the national religious groups that arose as the Atlanta case went to court. In 1998, Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader included the film in his unranked list of the best American films not included on the AFI Top 100 . Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg ; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973)

2340-596: The episode "Comfort and Joy", as an alien with Robinson's face and non-human body, who hovers past the screen as a background character. Similar caricatures also appeared in The Coo-Coo Nut Grove , Thugs with Dirty Mugs and Hush My Mouse . Another character based on Robinson's tough-guy image was The Frog (Chauncey "Flat Face" Frog) from the cartoon series Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse . The voice of B.B. Eyes in The Dick Tracy Show

2405-467: The eulogy. More than 1,500 friends of Robinson attended, with another 500 people outside. His body was flown to New York where it was entombed in a crypt in his family's mausoleum at Beth-El Cemetery in Queens. His pallbearers were Jack L. Warner , Hal B. Wallis , Mervyn Leroy , George Burns , Sam Jaffe , Frank Sinatra , Jack Karp and Alan Simpson. In October 2000, Robinson's image was imprinted on

2470-504: The film industry, which was awarded two months after he died in 1973. He is ranked number 24 in the American Film Institute 's list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic American cinema . Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited him as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Robinson was born Emmanuel Goldenberg ( Yiddish : עמנואל גאָלדענבערג ) on December 12, 1893, in

2535-445: The interest high, and Dan Duryea's portrayal of the crafty and crooked opportunist whom Bennett loves is a standout in furthering the melodrama." Time magazine gave Scarlet Street a negative review, describing the plot as clichéd and with dimwitted, unethical, stock characters. Critic Dennis Schwartz wrote in 2003: Scarlet Street is a bleak psychological film noir that has the same leading actors as his 1944 film The Woman in

2600-504: The military when the United States formally entered World War II, he was unable to do so because of his age; instead, the Office of War Information appointed him as a Special Representative based in London. From there, taking advantage of his multilingual skills, he delivered radio addresses in over six languages to European countries that had fallen under Nazi domination . His talent as

2665-481: The more than 850 charities and groups that he had helped over the previous decade were listed as Communist front organizations by the FBI. As a result, he was called to testify in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1950 and 1952, and he was also threatened with blacklisting . As shown in the full House Un-American Activities Committee transcript for April 30, 1952, Robinson repudiated some of

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2730-480: The night of Johnny's execution, but is prevented by Good Samaritans. Five years later he is homeless and destitute, with no way of claiming credit for his own paintings. He witnesses his portrait of Kitty selling for $ 10,000. Tormented by voices of the ghosts of Kitty and Johnny, Chris wanders New York, broke, broken, and mad. Scarlet Street reunited director Fritz Lang with actors Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea, who had worked with him in The Woman in

2795-702: The only one in which Robinson played a supporting role to Bogart's character in the film. It is also the only film with Bogart where Bogart's character killed Robinson's character in a gunfight, instead of the opposite. Around the same time, he was cast in starring roles for Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) and House of Strangers (1949). He starred in modest-budget films: Actors and Sin (1952), Vice Squad (1953), with brief appearances by second-billed Paulette Goddard , Big Leaguer (1953) with Vera-Ellen , The Glass Web (1953) with John Forsythe , Black Tuesday (1954) with Peter Graves , The Violent Men (1955) with Glenn Ford and Barbara Stanwyck , in

2860-495: The organizations that he had belonged to in the 1930s and 1940s. and stated that he felt he had been duped or made use of unawares "by the sinister forces who were members, and probably in important positions in these [front] organizations." When asked whom he personally knew who might have "duped" him, he replied, "Well, you had Albert Maltz , and you have Dalton Trumbo , and you have ... John Howard Lawson . I knew Frank Tuttle . I didn't know [Edward] Dmytryk at all. There are

2925-818: The purse of the woman he had tried to save. Already suspected of taking bribes from speakeasies , he faked his death to escape both his crimes and his gargoyle of a wife. Chris steals another $ 200 from the safe for Higgins. Chris plots for Adele to ambush Higgins, delighted that his marriage will be invalidated when Higgins is found alive. Chris goes to see Kitty, believing that he is now free and that she will marry him. He finds Johnny and Kitty in an embrace, confirming his worst fears. However, when Chris still asks Kitty to marry him, she spurns him for being old and ugly and laughs in his face. Enraged, he stabs her to death with an ice pick. The police appear at Chris's office, tipped off by Higgins that Chris has embezzled money from Hogarth, who refuses to press charges, but fires Chris. Johnny

2990-501: The statute that gave it power to censor films that were "obscene, indecent, immoral, inhuman, sacrilegious" or whose exhibition "would tend to corrupt morals or incite to crime." As if in a chain reaction, one week later the Motion Picture Commission for the city of Milwaukee also banned the film as part of a new policy encouraged by police for "stricter regulation of undesirable films." On February 3 Christina Smith,

3055-402: The story from a French original, in which it might well have had a stinging and grisly vitality. In this presentation, however, it seems a sluggish and manufactured tale, emerging much more from sheer contrivance than from the passions of the characters involved. And the slight twist of tension which tightens around the principal character is lost in the middle of the picture when he is shelved for

3120-550: The talented artist loses track of reality and his dignity. In 1995, Matthew Bernstein wrote in Cinema Journal : "The film is a dense, well-structured film noir and has been analyzed and interpreted numerous times. Some of the earliest interpretations came from censors in three different cities," adding: On January 4, 1946, the New York State Censor Board banned Scarlet Street entirely, relying on

3185-627: The troops, becoming the first movie star to go there for the USO . He personally donated $ 100,000 (equal to $ 1,730,813 today) to the USO. After returning to the U.S., he continued his active involvement in the war effort by going to shipyards and defense plants in order to inspire workers, in addition to appearing at rallies in order to help sell war bonds . After the war ended, Robinson publicly spoke out in support of democratic rights for all Americans, especially in demanding equality for Black workers in

3250-458: The well-received Tight Spot (1955) with Ginger Rogers and Brian Keith , A Bullet for Joey (1955) with George Raft , Illegal (1955) with Nina Foch , and in Hell on Frisco Bay (1956) with Alan Ladd . His career's rehabilitation received a boost in 1954, when the anti-communist film director Cecil B. DeMille cast him as the traitorous Dathan in The Ten Commandments . The film

3315-480: The window of an exclusive art gallery and accuses Chris of copying March's work. Chris confronts Kitty, who claims that she had sold them because she needed the money. Delighted that his creations are appreciated, he lets her remain the public face of his art. It becomes a huge commercial success, but Chris never receives a dime. Adele's supposedly dead first husband Higgins appears at Chris's office to extort money from him. Higgins disappeared after discovering $ 2,700 in

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3380-566: The workplace. He endorsed the Fair Employment Practices Commission 's call to end workplace discrimination. Black leaders praised him as "one of the great friends of the Negro and a great advocator of Democracy". Robinson also campaigned for the civil rights of African Americans, helping many to overcome segregation and discrimination . During the years when Robinson spoke out against fascism and Nazism, he

3445-561: Was an American actor of stage and screen, who was popular during Hollywood's Golden Age . He appeared in 30 Broadway plays, and more than 100 films, during a 50-year career, and is best remembered for his tough-guy roles as gangsters in such films as Little Caesar and Key Largo . During his career, Robinson received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in House of Strangers . During

3510-496: Was based on Robinson, with Mel Blanc and Jerry Hausner sharing voicing duties. The Wacky Races animated series character 'Clyde' from the Ant Hill Mob was based on Robinson's Little Caesar persona. Voice actor Hank Azaria has noted that the voice of Simpsons character police chief Clancy Wiggum is an impression of Robinson. Georges de La Fouchardi%C3%A8re Too Many Requests If you report this error to

3575-722: Was born again," he wrote. "Life for me began when I was 10 years old." In America, he assumed the name of Emanuel. He grew up on the Lower East Side , and had his Bar Mitzvah at First Roumanian-American Congregation . He attended Townsend Harris High School and then the City College of New York , planning to become a criminal attorney. An interest in acting and performing in front of people led to him winning an American Academy of Dramatic Arts scholarship , after which he changed his name to Edward G. Robinson (the G. standing for his original surname ). He served in

3640-554: Was forced to sell his collection to pay for his divorce settlement with Gladys Robinson; his finances had also suffered due to underemployment in the early 1950s. Robinson died of bladder cancer at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on January 26, 1973, just weeks after finishing Soylent Green , and months before he was to be given an honorary Academy Award later that year. He was 79. Services were conducted at Temple Israel in Los Angeles where Charlton Heston delivered

3705-646: Was host to the Committee of 56, which gathered at his home on December 9, 1938, signing a "Declaration of Democratic Independence," which called for a boycott of all German-made products. After the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union , while he was not a supporter of Communism , he appeared at Soviet war relief rallies in order to give moral aid to America's new ally, which he said could join "together in their hatred of Hitlerism". Although he attempted to enlist in

3770-618: Was in Outside the Law and East Is West (both 1930), then he did The Widow from Chicago (1931) at First National . At this point, Robinson was becoming an established film actor. What began his rise to stardom was an acclaimed performance as the gangster Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello in Little Caesar (1931) at Warner Bros . Robinson signed a long-term contract with Warner Bros., casting him in another gangster film, Smart Money (1931), his only movie with James Cagney . He

3835-608: Was in Billy Wilder 's Double Indemnity (1944), with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck , where his riveting soliloquy on insurance actuarial tables (written by Raymond Chandler ) is considered a career showstopper; and at Columbia, he was in Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944). He then performed with Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea in Fritz Lang 's The Woman in the Window (1944), and Scarlet Street (1945), where he played

3900-473: Was not a supporter of Communism, but he did not criticize the Soviet Union , which he saw as an ally against Hitler . However, the film historian Steven J. Ross observes "activists who attacked Hitler without simultaneously attacking Stalin were vilified by conservative critics as either Communists, Communist dupes, or, at best, as naive liberal dupes." In addition, Robinson learned that 11 out of

3965-607: Was originally cast in the role of Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes (1968) and he even went so far as to film a screen test with Charlton Heston . However, Robinson dropped out of the project before its production began due to heart problems and concerns over the long hours that he would have needed to spend under the heavy ape makeup. He was replaced by Maurice Evans . His later appearances included The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) starring Robert Wagner and Raquel Welch , Never

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4030-689: Was released in 1956, as was his psychological thriller Nightmare . After a subsequent short absence from the screen, Robinson's film career — augmented by an increasing number of television roles — re-started in 1958/1959, when he was second-billed, after Frank Sinatra, in the 1959 release A Hole in the Head . Robinson went to Europe for Seven Thieves (1960). He had support roles in My Geisha (1962), Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), Sammy Going South (1963), The Prize (1963), Robin and

4095-538: Was reunited with Mervyn LeRoy , director of Little Caesar , in Five Star Final (1931), playing a journalist, and played a Tong gangster in The Hatchet Man (1932). Robinson made a third film with LeRoy, Two Seconds (1932) then did a melodrama directed by Howard Hawks , Tiger Shark (1932). Warner Bros. tried him in a biopic, Silver Dollar (1932), where Robinson played Horace Tabor ;

4160-434: Was said to have disliked both of Lang's films. Scarlet Street is similar to The Woman in the Window in its themes, cast, crew and characters. Robinson again plays a lonely middle-aged man, and Bennett and Duryea once more play the criminal couple. Both films were photographed by Milton R. Krasner . Walter Wanger , who produced the film, had earlier produced Lang's 1937 film You Only Live Once . Though Scarlet Street

4225-567: Was teamed up with John Garfield in The Sea Wolf (1941), and George Raft in Manpower (1941). He went to MGM for Unholy Partners (1942), and made a comedy Larceny, Inc. (1942). Robinson was one of several stars in Tales of Manhattan (1942) and Flesh and Fantasy (1943). He did war films: Destroyer (1943) at Columbia , and Tampico (1944) at Fox . At Paramount, he

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