Slightly Scarlet

Feb 22, 1930

1h 10m

★ 5.0

Overview

Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along the French Riviera. Aware that Lucy is a phony, jewel-thief Malatroff blackmails Lucy into helping him steal the valuable necklace owned by the young wife of phlegmatic American businessman Sylvester Corbett.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Lucy Stavrin

Evelyn Brent

Hon. Courtenay Parkes

Clive Brook

Malatroff

Paul Lukas

Sylvester Corbett

Eugene Pallette

Corbett's Wife

Helen Ware

Enid Corbett

Virginia Bruce

Sandy Weyman

Henry Wadsworth

Albert Hawkins

Claud Allister

Marie

Christiane Yves

Malatroff's Victim

Morgan Farley

Butler

André Cheron

Inspector

Georges Renavent

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