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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. 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 Jansen’s 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.
Original Release
02/15/1956
US Release
02/15/1956
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Cast
Name | Character |
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John Payne | John Grace / Ben Grace |
Rhonda Fleming | June Lyons, Jansen's Secretary / Girlfriend / June Lyons |
Arlene Dahl | Dorothy Lyons |
Kent Taylor | Frank Jansen, Mayoral Candidate / Mayor of Bay City / Frank Jansen |
Ted de Corsia | Solly Caspar (syndicate boss) / Solly Caspar |
Lance Fuller | Gauss |
Buddy Baer | Lenhardt, Caspar Goon / Lenhardt |
Fred Aldrich | Policeman |
Murray Alper | Hood |
Joanne Arnold | Gloria |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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John Payne | John Grace / Ben Grace |
Rhonda Fleming | June Lyons, Jansen's Secretary / Girlfriend / June Lyons |
Arlene Dahl | Dorothy Lyons |
Kent Taylor | Frank Jansen, Mayoral Candidate / Mayor of Bay City / Frank Jansen |
Ted de Corsia | Solly Caspar (syndicate boss) / Solly Caspar |
Lance Fuller | Gauss |
Buddy Baer | Lenhardt, Caspar Goon / Lenhardt |
Fred Aldrich | Policeman |
Murray Alper | Hood |
Joanne Arnold | Gloria |
Ellen Corby | Martha |
Sam Flint | Man at Campaign Headquarters |
Frank Gerstle | Detective Lt. Dave Dietz |
Roy Gordon | General Norman B. Marlowe |
Myron Healey | Wison |
Frank Jenks | Bartender |
Barry Norton | Man at Campaign Headquarters |
William 'Bill' Phillips | Thug |
George E. Stone | Roos |
Hal Taggart | Man at Campaign Headquarters |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Benedict Bogeaus | Producer |