The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
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...
Ratings
IMDb6/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Oscar BrodneyScreenplay
- H. Bruce HumberstoneDirector
Cast
- Tony CurtisRene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
- Colleen MillerLaurette de Latour
- Gene BarryCaptain Charles Laverne
- Dan O'HerlihyBrisquet
- Angela LansburyMadame Valentine
- George DolenzMarcel Cadonal
- John HoytRochet
- Donald RandolphAndre Majolin
- Robert CornthwaiteNapoleon Bonaparte
- Stephen BekassyBaron de Morleve
- Paul CavanaghDuc de Latour
- Myrna HansenConstance de Voulois