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Scarlet Street review by Zamy from London

Lang in film noir territory 18 May 2005
...lusion. Edward G Robinson is highly believable as the little cashier deluded by Joan Bennett's classy broad and her abusive lover, Dan Duryea who both provide excellent sup... Read customer review

Joan Bennett - filmography

Suspiria (1977)
Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Alida Valli
Director: Dario Argento
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Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) is an American ballet student, travelling to Germany to study at an exclusive dance academy in the Black Forest. After one of the students and her friend are hideously murdered in the first of Argento's breath-catching set-piece killings, Suzy discovers that the ..read more »

62% from 524 members

Suspiria on DVD (1976)
Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Alida Valli
Director: Dario Argento
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A candy-colored nightmare from Italian terror maestro Dario Argento, Suspiria weaves a menacing tale of witchcraft as a fairy tale gone horribly awry. From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Banyon (Jessica Harper) senses ..read more »

59% from 5,377 members

There's Always Tomorrow on DVD (1956)
Starring: William H. Reynolds, Fred MacMurray, Jane Darwell
Director: Douglas Sirk
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THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW is a remake of a 1934 film of the same name. Fred MacMurray is a toy company executive whose wife (Joan Bennett) and kids (Gigi Perreau, William Reynolds and Judy Nugent) take him for granted. Barbara Stanwyck is Fred's former girlfriend, whose own business activities result ..read more »

72% from 89 members

Father's Little Dividend on DVD (1951)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Certificate:
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This sequel to the hugely popular FATHER OF THE BRIDE reunited the entire cast for another charming turn. Although Tracy's hoping for some peace and quiet now that Taylor's been married off, he soon learns he's in for more chaos as an expectant grandfather. Also in a computer colorized version.

60% from 153 members

Father Of The Bride (1950)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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Father Of The Bride tells the story of the trials and tribulations that befall a middle-aged family man when the daughter he dotes on decides to get married.

67% from 245 members
Currently unavailable

Reckless Moment on DVD (1949)
Starring: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks
Director: Max Ophuls
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Following the accidental death of her lowlife boyfriend, respectable mother Lucia Harper instinctively hides the body to protect her family. Before a long a stranger calls, sent by his partner to blackmail her. the comfort and security of Lucia's world appears to be in danger of collapsing.

71% from 496 members

Secret Beyond The Door on DVD (1948)
Starring: Joan Bennett
Director: Fritz Lang
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In this Freudian version of the Bluebeard tale, a young, trust-funded New Yorker goes to Mexico on vacation before marrying an old friend whom she considers a safe choice for a husband. However, there she finds her dream man -- a handsome, mysterious stranger who spots her in a crowd. In a matter ..read more »

63% from 134 members

Hollow Triumph on DVD (1948)
Starring: Joan Bennett, Paul Henreid
Director: Steve Sekeley
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A tense Film Noir thriller about a killer who assumes the identity of his doctor who just so happens to be his look-alike.

54% from 30 members

Scarlet Street on DVD (1946)
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Margaret Lindsay
Director: Fritz Lang
Certificate:
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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 nagging wife. Painting is the only thing that brings him joy. Cross meets Kitty (Joan Bennett) ..read more »

69% from 777 members

The Woman in the Window on DVD (1945)
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey
Director: Fritz Lang
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In this tense melodrama, a meek college professor gets mixed up in murder and blackmail.

69% from 429 members

Man Hunt on DVD (1941)
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders
Director: Fritz Lang
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Director Fritz Lang's political thriller follows a British hunter's attempts to outrun Nazi agents after he targets Adolf Hitler. While on holiday in Bavaria, willdlife hunter Alan Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon) stumbles upon the Fuhrer's country retreat, eventually spotting Hitler in the gardens. ..read more »

63% from 79 members

The Texans (1938)
Starring: Randolph Scott, Joan Bennett, May Robson
Director: James P. Hogan
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After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.

38% from 6 members
Currently unavailable

Little Women (1933)
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas
Director: George Cukor
Certificate:
The first motion picture based on Louisa May Alcott's gently humorous 1869 classic of four sisters who learn moral lessons and grow from children to adults in Civil War-era Massachusetts, this film chronicles the lives of the teenage March sistersJo (Katharine Hepburn), Meg (Frances Dee), Amy (Joan ..read more »

65% from 103 members
Not available for rental

Me and My Gal (1932)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Marion Burns
Director: Raoul Walsh
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Young New York cop Dan falls in love with waterfront waitress Helen. Helen's sister Kate falls for gangster Duke. Dan must do in Duke.

40% from 5 members
Currently unavailable

Colonel Effingham's Raid on DVD
Starring: Joan Bennett, Charles Coburn, William Eythe
Director: Irving Pichel
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Retired Colonel Effingham has found a new career as a detective in his home town of Georgia. He starts on the case of a band of crooked politicians.

40% from 37 members

Margin For Error/A Royal Scandal (2 discs) on DVD
Starring: Charles Coburn, Milton Berle, Anne Baxter
Director: Otto Preminger
Certificate:
Two classic films by Oscar-nominated director and actor Otto Preminger.Set in pre-WWII New York, MARGIN FOR ERROR stars Milton Berle as a Jewish policeman assigned to guard Nazi consul Karl Baumer (Preminger). Putting the blue into blue-blooded, A ROYAL SCANDAL is a fictionalised account of Russia'..read more »

60% from 48 members

Dark Shadows - Series 1 - Complete (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Nancy Barrett, Joan Bennett, Louis Edmonds
Director: Lela Swift
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Released from a chained coffin after nearly 200 years, Barnabas Collins arrives at the Collinwood estate claiming to be a relative from England. Although noticing Barnabas' resemblance to his 'ancestor' in the foyer portrait, the Collins family does not realize he is the same Barnabas that ..read more »

54% from 154 members

The Son Of Monte Cristo
Starring: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett
Director: Rowland V. Lee
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The Count Of Monte Cristo comes to the aid of the true ruler of Lichtenburg, the Grand Duchess Zona. Together they undertake a mission to end the rule of the tyrant dictator General Gurko Lanen.

36% from 3 members
Not available for rental

Joan Bennett facts

5 most recent films

Suspiria - 3.0 stars
Suspiria - 3.0 stars
There's Always Tomorrow - 3.5 stars
Father's Little Dividend - 3.0 stars
Father Of The Bride - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

There's Always Tomorrow - 3.5 stars
Reckless Moment - 3.5 stars
Scarlet Street - 3.5 stars
The Woman in the Window - 3.5 stars
Father Of The Bride - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Son Of Monte Cristo - 1.5 stars
Me and My Gal - 2.0 stars
The Texans - 2.0 stars
Colonel Effingham's Raid - 2.0 stars
Hollow Triumph - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Stefania Casini - 4 times - show films
Louis Edmonds - 4 times - show films
Spencer Tracy - 4 times - show films
Alexandra Isles - 4 times - show films
Nancy Barrett - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Fritz Lang - 5 times - show films
Dario Argento - 4 times - show films
Lela Swift - 4 times - show films
Otto Preminger - 3 times - show films
Vincente Minnelli - 3 times - show films