Scarlet Street - DVD

SCARLET STREET, Robinson portrays a middle-aged clothing store cashier whose life is tragically changed when he becomes involved with Kitty (Joan Bennett), a predatory manipulating woman. THE RED HOUSE, A young boy takes an after-school job on Robinson's farm and discovers a strange secret about the peculiar farmer and his spinster sister

Based on James M. Cain's novel LOVE'S LOVELY COUNTERFEIT and a brilliant follow up to his 1940s successes DOUBLE INDEMNITY and POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE. Driven by blind ambition, fast-talking publicity man Ben Grace (John Payne) has found a way to smear the reputation of InchreformInch mayoral candidate Frank Jansen (Kent Taylor). He will do so by exposing Jansen's red-haired girlfriend, June (Rhonda Fleming), with her man-hungry kleptomaniac sister, Dorothy (Arlene Dahl), who also happens to be a convict out on parole. In the process however, Ben finds himself falling for June and seduced by Dorothy, while crime boss Solly Caspar (Ted de Corsia) is breathing down his neck, expecting him to deliver on his promise. John Alton, the legendary noir director of photography, really shows his prowess here in blazing Technicolor.

Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett star in director Fritz Lang's compelling adaptation of Georges de La Fouchardière's novel, InchLa Chienne.Inch Weak-willed, unhappily married aspiring painter Chris (Robinson) is befriended by the greedy, manipulative Kitty (Bennett) and her predatory lover, Johnny (Dan Duryea), and lured by them into a scam that involves Kitty passing Chris' art off as her own. With Margaret Lindsay. 101 min. Standard; Soundtrack English DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles English.