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UNITED STATES · 1931
Street Scene
Synopsis
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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United States · Classical Hollywood
Films with Similar Themes
urban life · infidelity · murder · prejudice · working class struggle
