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The Purple Mask (1955)

5 | Jun 15, 1955 (US) | Adventure | 01:22

France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by Laurette (really the Duc de Latour's daughter). But even she doesn't know the Purple Mask's real identity as foppish dancing master Rene...

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Tony Curtis
Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
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Colleen Miller
Laurette de Latour
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Gene Barry
Captain Charles Laverne
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Dan O'Herlihy
Brisquet
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Angela Lansbury
Madame Valentine
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George Dolenz
Marcel Cadonal
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John Hoyt
Rochet
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Donald Randolph
Andre Majolin
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Robert Cornthwaite
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Stephen Bekassy
Baron de Morleve

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CinemaSerf
6 | Nov 14, 2022
This is a sort of "Zorro" meets the "Scarlet Pimpernel" - a colourful, swashbuckling offering from Bruce Humberstone that allows our hero Tony Curtis to pretty much run riot! He is the flamboyant, debonaire Royalist determined to rescue his friends, ransom the agents of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and engage in a bit of flirting with the daughter "Laurette" (Coleen Miller) of the plotting, ambitious "Duc de Latour" (Paul Cavanagh). It's all a bit theatrical, but has a great cast including Gene Barry, Dan O'Herlihy and Angela Lansbury to help keep it rollicking along in a fun, enjoyable fashion. The script, such as it is, isn't up to very much but that's made up for by the overall joie-de-vivre of the whole escapade and I quite enjoyed it.