A new era is born.

Masterfully directed by Fritz Lang, Scarlet Street is a bleak film in which an ordinary man succumbs first to vice and then to murder. Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson) is a lonely man married to ...

A new era is born.

German-born director Fritz Lang was a master at painting dark portraits of men who, under corrupting influences, succumb first to vice and then to murder. An example of this is found in Scarlet Street ...

At the time of its release, though, ‘Scarlet Street’ was banned in some parts for fear that ‘it would tend to corrupt morals or incite to crime.’ You know who else didn’t like the movie? Its star: ...

German-born director Fritz Lang was a master at painting dark portraits of men who, under corrupting influences, succumb first to vice and then to murder. An example of this is found in Scarlet Street ...