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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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Jul 7, 2022 · via TMDB
When a blackmailing singer is found dead, poor old "Kirk Bennett" (John Phillips) is convicted of her murder. His wife, June Vincent ("Catherine") enlists the help of bar-fly "Blair" (Dan Duryea) who happens to be the ex-husband of the murdered woman and, posing as a pianist and singer, they start to investigate, ending up playing quite a complex game of cat and mouse with the excellently sleazy nightclub owner/petty criminal "Marko" (Peter Lorre). Duryea raises his game with his performance here and the safe pair of hands at the tiller from Roy William Neill keeps this well constructed, if occasionally soggy, crime noir moving along quite well with quite a few interesting twists and trust to keep it unpredictable.
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Dan Duryea
Martin Blair
June Vincent
Catherine Bennett
Peter Lorre
Marko
Broderick Crawford
Captain Flood
Constance Dowling
Mavis Marlowe
Wallace Ford
Joe
Hobart Cavanaugh
Jake
Freddie Steele
Lucky, Manager of Rio's
Ben Bard
Bartender
Junius Matthews
Dr. Courtney
Marion Martin
Millie
John Phillips
Kirk Bennett
Archie Twitchell
George Mitchell
Robert B. Williams
Second Detective
Florence Auer
Madame (Uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
Woman by Phone Booth (Uncredited)
Eula Guy
Neighbor Lady (Uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Pedestrian (Uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Specialty Dancer (Uncredited)
Mauritz Hugo
Gambler (Uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited)
Jack Pierce
Makeup Supervisor
Chuck Hamilton
Stunts
Freddie Steele
Stunts
Roy William Neill
Director
Roy William Neill
Producer
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Cornell Woolrich
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