Overview:
The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after gaining supreme power and establishing a reign of terror ruled by death, now intends to become the dictator of France.| Status: | Released (1949-10-15) |
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| Screen: | Philip Yordan, Æneas MacKenzie |
| Productions: | Walter Wanger Productions, Eagle-Lion Films |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 7125: Robert Cummings - Charles D'Aubigny
- 5403: Richard Basehart - Maximilian Robespierre
- 98506: Richard Hart - François Barras
- 44881: Arlene Dahl - Madeleine
- 15676: Arnold Moss - Fouché
- 2698: Norman Lloyd - Tallien
- 8233: Charles McGraw - Sergeant
Crews
- 96252: John Alton - Director of Photography - Camera
- 30922: Sol Kaplan - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 40199: Anthony Mann - Director - Directing
- 51307: Æneas MacKenzie - Screenplay - Writing
- 85453: Philip Yordan - Screenplay - Writing
- 51307: Æneas MacKenzie - Story - Writing
- 85453: Philip Yordan - Story - Writing
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Reviews
John Chard
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It must be quite a thrill, making out your death list every night. The Black Book (AKA: Reign of Terror) is directed by Anthony Mann and written by Aeneas MacKenzie and Phillip Yordan. It stars Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart, Arlene Dahl, Charles McGraw and Arnol ....
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It's quite interesting that, aside from the "Scarlet Pimpernel", there are relatively few films that deal with the French revolution and this is certainly one of the better ones. Robespierre (Richard Basehart) is suitably menacing as the First Citizen of the new Republic bent on beco ....
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