Street Scene

Street Scene

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1931-09-05
Genre:Drama, Romance
Duration:78 min
Country:United States of America
Director:King Vidor
Actors:Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr., Estelle Taylor, Beulah Bondi, David Landau
Production:Feature Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Productions

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.

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