Scarlet Street (1945)

Middle-aged store cashier Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson) is walking home through Greenwich Village after being celebrated by his employer for 25 years of service. They gave him a gold watch. Dressed in a tuxedo, he comes across Kitty March (Joan Bennett) who is being accosted by a drunken assailant (Dan Duryea). He saves the day, and Kitty seems very appreciative. But the film noir femme fatale, who has spotted his tux and the watch, has other ideas.