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Slander is a american film of genre Drama directed by Roy Rowland released in USA on 18 january 1957 with Van Johnson
Slander (1957)
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Add to a movie listSlander is a 1956 film drama starring Van Johnson and Ann Blyth.
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Scandal magazine editor and publisher H. R. Manley spares nobody in his efforts to sell more of his tabloid publication, "The Real Truth," making a fortune for the past two years but appalling his mother with his methods.Actors
Van Johnson
(Scott Ethan Martin)
Ann Blyth
(Connie Martin)
Steve Cochran
(H.R. Manley)
Marjorie Rambeau
(Mrs. Manley)
Richard Eyer
(Joey Martin)
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