Street Scene

1931 · Directed by King Vidor · drama film

★ 6.8/10 · 44 ratings on TMDB

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.