The trouble is that the ending left a bad taste in my mouth and I haven't seen it since. But I'll be quick to get it when it's relesed in July.
I killed him for money and for a woman. I didn't get the money... and I didn't get the woman.
you can get your justifiable ending in Scarlet Street though, if you really want to see a man completely come apart.
i liked how it was just a dream in this one.
Right you are, pal, Scarlet Street had a very surprising and satisfying conclusion, surprising in that the Hayes office allowed it.
I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
....Quite a different ending from Renoir's earlier version "La Chienne".
Perfect example of the two director's differing sensibilities. I wonder
which is more faithful to the source novel?
The Hayes office didn't allow it. Fritz Lang originally wanted Robinson's
character to get off scot-free; the censors at the time made him add on that
"judge and jury in his heart" guilt-stricken ending.
I agree about the ending. Pulled it down almost half a rating. My god what was Lang thinking. I could punch the moron.
Somebody here has been drinking and I'm sad to say it ain't me - Allan Francis Doyleshare