Street Scene

Sep 5, 1931

1h 18m

★ 6.8

The simple story of LIFE through the window pane of the house across the street.

Overview

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Feature Productions

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

United Artists

Street Scene Trailers

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Cast

Rose Maurrant

Sylvia Sidney

Sam Kaplan

William Collier Jr.

Mrs. Anna Maurrant

Estelle Taylor

Emma Jones

Beulah Bondi

Mr. Frank Maurrant

David Landau

Vincent Jones

Matt McHugh

Steve Sankey

Russell Hopton

Mae Jones

Greta Granstedt

Marguerite 'Greta' Fiorentino

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)

John Qualen

Dick McGann (as Allan Fox)

Allen Fox

Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker

Nora Cecil

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