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Street Scene

193180 minUnited States
Drama
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Original language
English
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78:58
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English

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Synopsis

On a hot evening outside a New York tenement, neighbours exchange gossip and watch one another's lives. Suspicions about an affair coexist with a young woman's efforts to escape unwanted attention. Across a single day, the shared street becomes a place of intimacy and danger.

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DirectorsKing Vidor

Inspirations

Elmer Rice adapted his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The concentration on one building's exterior preserves a theatrical unity while allowing King Vidor to examine a community through faces, windows and shared public space.

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