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Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Directed by Allan Dwan
“Out of the shadows of a vice-ridden city comes James M. Cain's most explosive drama!”
Crime, Drama · 1h 39m
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol "Solly" Caspar, sees this as a way to smear Jansen's campaign. Seductive Dorothy will do anything to get what she wants, which includes having a good time with Ben-- whom June is now in love with.
Cast
John Payne
Rhonda Fleming
Arlene Dahl
Kent Taylor
Ted de Corsia
Lance Fuller
Buddy Baer
Ellen Corby
George E. Stone
Fred Aldrich
Murray Alper
Crew
- Director
- Allan Dwan
- Screenplay
- Robert Blees
- Novel
- James M. Cain
- Director of Photography
- John Alton
- Original Music Composer
- Louis Forbes, Howard Jackson
- Editor
- James Leicester
- Producer
- Benedict Bogeaus
Details
- Release date
- 1956-02-29
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Benedict Bogeaus Production, Filmcrest Productions, RKO Pictures