Street of Chance (1942 film)
- This is an article for the 1942 film. See Street of Chance (1930 film) for the film starring William Powell.
| Street of Chance | |
|---|---|
 Street of Chance movie poster | |
| Directed by | Jack Hively |
| Written by | Cornell Woolrich (novel The Black Curtain) Garrett Fort |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Starring | Burgess Meredith Claire Trevor |
| Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | October 3, 1942 (U.S. release) |
Running time | 74 min |
| Sprache | Englisch |
Street of Chance is a 1942 film starring Burgess Meredith as a man who finds he's been suffering for amnesia and Claire Trevor as a woman that protects him from police that suspect him of murder.
A man, Frank Thompson, awakens in the middle of the street, after wreckage falling from a building on Tillary Street in New York City hits him in the head. Frank soon discovers that his apartment has been rented out for a year and his wife Virginia has been living on her own elsewhere. Frank confronts Virginia, who is shocked to see the husband who disappeared without explanation a year earlier. As Frank slowly pieces together his old life, it turns out he is running from a murder he cannot remember committing, and only an old, paralyzed woman can clear him.
Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Burgess Meredith | Frank Thompson aka Danny Nearing |
| Claire Trevor | Ruth Dillon |
| Louise Platt | Virginia Thompson |
| Sheldon Leonard | Detective Joe Marruci |
| Frieda Inescort | Alma Diedrich |
| Jerome Cowan | Bill Diedrich |
Trivia
The story, based on Cornell Woolrich's novel The Black Curtain, was later dramatized several times on the radio series Suspense.