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Slightly Scarlet 1956

Emerging from a vice‑ridden city’s underbelly, James M. Cain’s most explosive drama follows kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons, freshly paroled and placed under the watch of her sister June, a secretary to the ostensibly “reform” politician Frank Jansen. Crime associate Ben Grace, working for boss Sol “Solly” Caspar, sees an opportunity to smear Jansen’s campaign by using Dorothy. Determined and seductive, Dorothy will do anything to get what she wants, even as she becomes entangled with Ben, the very man June secretly loves.

Emerging from a vice‑ridden city’s underbelly, James M. Cain’s most explosive drama follows kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons, freshly paroled and placed under the watch of her sister June, a secretary to the ostensibly “reform” politician Frank Jansen. Crime associate Ben Grace, working for boss Sol “Solly” Caspar, sees an opportunity to smear Jansen’s campaign by using Dorothy. Determined and seductive, Dorothy will do anything to get what she wants, even as she becomes entangled with Ben, the very man June secretly loves.

Does Slightly Scarlet have end credit scenes?

No!

Slightly Scarlet does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

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Cars Featured in Slightly Scarlet

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