"scarlet street" is a film directed by fritz lang. it's about a middle-aged ...mannered, honest bank clerk. his only pleasure is that on sundays he likes to paint. this life is interrupted by his meeting abruptly with a young woman, kitty, whom he falls in love with. she has this kind of boyfriend/pimp character who encourages her to kind of dry hustle edward g. robinson, to encourage him to think that she's a struggling actress who needs support. edward g. robinson starts stealing things from his harridan of a wife. he sets her up in an apartment where he is also going to come and paint. johnny takes the paintings to an art dealer and finds they can make some kind of money, and before they know it, kitty is signing chris's paintings and making money out of them. chris discovers this plot but doesn't care because he's so enamored of kitty. eventually we think that edward j. robinson is going to knock off his wicked wife. however, by some elaborate subplot, he's managed to get rid of his shrewish wife, and he arrives one night ... and sees his lady love saying swe

"scarlet street" is a film directed by fritz lang. it's about a middle-aged ...mannered, honest bank clerk. his only pleasure is that on sundays he likes to paint. this life is interrupted by his meeting abruptly with a young woman, kitty, whom he falls in love with. she has this kind of boyfriend/pimp character who encourages her to kind of dry hustle edward g. robinson, to encourage him to think that she's a struggling actress who needs support. edward g. robinson starts stealing things from his harridan of a wife. he sets her up in an apartment where he is also going to come and paint. johnny takes the paintings to an art dealer and finds they can make some kind of money, and before they know it, kitty is signing chris's paintings and making money out of them. chris discovers this plot but doesn't care because he's so enamored of kitty. eventually we think that edward j. robinson is going to knock off his wicked wife. however, by some elaborate subplot, he's managed to get rid of his shrewish wife, and he arrives one night ... and sees his lady love saying swe