Love's Lovely Counterfeit is a hard-boiled short novel by James M. Cain published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1942. The story is set in a Midwestern town where rival gangsters struggle to maintain control of their criminal enterprises. The work is one of only three of Cain's novels told from the third-person point-of-view. The book was adapted to film by RKO-Benedict Bogeaus Productions in 1956, appearing as Slightly Scarlet.
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Love's Lovely Counterfeit was adapted into a 1956 film.
Slightly Scarlet1956 · film · 99 min · dir. Allan Dwan · IMDb ↗IMDb6.5Kleptomaniac 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.
