Slander (MOD)

Slander (MOD)A ruthless publisher uses his scandal sheet to profit at the expense of others in this searing expose of tabloid journalism starring Van Johnson, Ann Blyth and Steve Cochran. After years of struggle, puppeteer Scott Martin (Johnson) becomes an overnight sensation as the hero of a children's TV show. So when tabloid publisher H. R. Manley (Cochran) threatens to expose Martin's criminal past in Real Truth magazine, he offers to kill the story in

A Kansas City singer and his jazz band bow down to pressure from a local gangster and take on the thug's alcoholic girlfriend as a singer

the star earned his Euro Western spurs playing mixed-race twin brothers: drifter Johnny Moon and Comanche renegade Notah

daughter Judy

and all hail is about to break loose

Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true and her career on the upswing

stubbornly refuses to let Niles attempt to bring the Shoshone in without bloodshed

First published in 1898 as a series of short stories

young Frankie (Gene Reynolds) attends a concert by Jascha Heifetz that turns his life around

Ahmed (Basil Rathbone)

he also charms and seduces his daughter (Susan Hampshire)

" "Swing Shift") have raised their family in hiding

Sharply directed by Edward Dmytryk