Slightly Scarlet

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Based On James M. Cains Novel Loves Lovely Counterfeit And A Brilliant Follow Up To His 1940S Successes Double Indemnity And Postman Always Rings Twice. Driven By Blind Ambition Fast-Talking Publicity Man Ben Grace (John Payne) Has Found A Way To Smear The Reputation Of Reform Mayoral Candidate Frank Jansen (Kent Taylor). He Will Do So By Exposing Jansens Red-Haired Girlfriend June (Rhonda Fleming) With Her Man-Hungry Kleptomaniac Sister Dorothy (Arlene Dahl) Who Also Happens To Be A Convict Out On Parole. In The Process However Ben Finds Himself Falling For June And Seduced By Dorothy While Crime Boss Solly Caspar (Ted De Corsia) Is Breathing Down His Neck Expecting Him To Deliver On His Promise. John Alton The Legendary Noir Director Of Photography Really Shows His Prowess Here In Blazing Technicolor.