The Shawshank Redemption
Drama · Crime
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Film / 1945
La Rue rouge
Directed by
Fritz Lang
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
The story
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
Cast
Edward G. RobinsonChristopher Cross
Joan BennettKatherine 'Kitty' March
Dan DuryeaJohnny Prince
Margaret LindsayMillie Ray
Jess BarkerDavid Janeway
Rosalind IvanAdele Cross
Charles KemperHomer Higgins
Anita Sharp-BolsterLaura Michaels
Samuel S. HindsCharles Pringle
Vladimir SokoloffPop LeJon
Arthur LoftDellarowe
Russell HicksJ.J. Hogarth
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Richard AbbottCritic at Gallery (uncredited)
Rodney BellBarney (uncredited)
Richard CramerPrincipal Keeper (uncredited)
Dick CurtisDetective (uncredited)
Tom DalyPenny - Bartender (uncredited)
Edgar DearingPoliceman (uncredited)
Joe DevlinJoe Williams, Morning World (uncredited)
Tom DillonPoliceman (uncredited)
William HallPoliceman (uncredited)
Robert MalcolmPoliceman (uncredited)
Neal DoddPriest (uncredited)
Ralph DunnFirst Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Fred EsslerMarchetti (uncredited)
Lance FullerMinor Role (uncredited)
Gus GlassmireEmployee (uncredited)
Sherry HallEmployee (uncredited)
Milton KibbeeEmployee (uncredited)
Ralph LittlefieldEmployee (uncredited)
Howard M. MitchellEmployee (uncredited)
Arthur Gould-PorterCritic at Gallery (uncredited)
Boyd IrwinCritic at Gallery (uncredited)
Chuck HamiltonChauffeur (uncredited)
Herbert HeywoodBellboy (uncredited)
Thomas E. JacksonChief of Detectives (uncredited)
Edward KeaneDetective (uncredited)
Dick WesselDetective (uncredited)
Cy KendallNick (uncredited)
Fritz LeiberEvangelist (uncredited)
George LloydVince Conway, Ledger (uncredited)
Lou LubinTiny - Bartender (uncredited)
George MeaderHolliday (uncredited)
Horace MurphyMilkman (uncredited)
Clarence MuseBen - Bank Janitor (uncredited)
Lee PhelpsFirst Policeman in Hogarth's Office (uncredited)
Rose PlumerKnitting Woman in Lobby (uncredited)
Constance PurdyMatron (uncredited)
Beatrice RobertsSecretary (uncredited)
Dewey RobinsonDerelict Saving Cross (uncredited)
Syd SaylorTom Crocker, Evening Globe (uncredited)
Wallace ScottDrunk (uncredited)
Emmett VoganProsecutor (uncredited)
Matt WillisPoliceman in Hogarth's Office (uncredited)
Charles Cahill WilsonWatchman (uncredited)
Will WrightGlobe Loan Office Manager (uncredited)
Amzie StricklandWoman (uncredited)
John BartonHurdy-Gurdy Man (uncredited)
Byron FoulgerJones - Apartment Manager (uncredited)
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