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Out of the shadows of a vice-ridden city comes James M. Cain's most explosive drama! An urban wheeler-dealer gets involved in organized crime, corrupt city politics and graft while falling in love...
- 95 min
- 308K
- Cult Cinema Classics
Based on James M. Cain’s novel LOVE’S LOVELY COUNTERFEIT and a brilliant follow up to his 1940s successes DOUBLE INDEMNITY and POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE.
- 94 min
- 130.2K
- The Sprocket Vault
Sep 7, 2023 · Never miss a single new movie film - subscribe here - / @gem-film A city-savvy opportunist becomes entangled in organized crime, the murky realm of city politics, and unethical practices, all...
- 93 min
- 194.7K
- GEM — Global Entertainment Movies
Slightly Scarlet: Directed by Allan Dwan. With John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, Kent Taylor. An urban wheeler-dealer gets involved in organized crime, corrupt city politics and graft while falling in love with the fiancée of the newly elected mayor.
- (1.3K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Allan Dwan
- 1956-02-15
Dec 22, 2021 · Slightly Scarlet is a 1956 American crime film, with some noirish elements, based on James M. Cain's novel Love's Lovely Counterfeit. It was directed by Allan Dwan, and its widescreen cinematography was by John Alton. The film stars John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl and Ted de Corsia.
- 94 min
- 2.7K
- Mo Chou
The ruthless and uncouth Solly Caspar, the crime boss of Bay City (a fictional town near San Francisco), wishes to defeat a campaign by multimillionaire mayoral reform candidate Frank Jansen. Caspar tasks crooked ex-cop Ben Grace with uncovering dirt on Jansen.
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison in custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" political candidate Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol Caspar, sees this as a way to smear Jansen's campaign. But after falling out with Caspar, Ben tries to help June, who he...
