Curtis Cooksey, Eleanor Parker, Elisabeth Risdon

Andre-Louis Moreau is a nobleman's bastard in the days of the French revolution. Noel, the Marquis de Mayne, a nobleman in love with the Queen, is ordered to seek the hand of a young ingenue, Aline, i...( read more  read more... )n marriage. Andre also meets Aline, and forms an interest in her. But when the marquis kills his best friend Andre declares himself the Marquis's enemy and vows to avenge his friend. He hides out, a wanted man, as an actor in a commedia troupe, and spends his days learning how to handle a sword. When de Maynes becomes a spadassinicide, challenging opposing National Assembly members to duels they have no hope of winning, Andre becomes a politician to protect the third estate (and hopefully ventilate de Maynes).

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Unrated, 111 min.

Directed by: George Sidney (II)

Release Date: June 27, 1952

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DVD Release Date: July 1, 2003

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  • January 1, 2008
    WOW! i have no words to describe this lost gem....What a fucking way to end my year, 2006 has definetly been the best year of my life...Greatest movies of all time all witnessed by THESE eyes lmfao. well, great movie, funny, witty, poetic as hell (i love that) and just an incredi...( read more)ble screenplay..loved the acting too
  • February 19, 2009
    Delightful adaptation of Sabatini's comic-swashbuckler. Memorable, epic six-and-a-half minute climactic swordfight in a deserted theater between the well-cast Stewart Granger and Mel Ferrer.
  • May 15, 2007
    Sword fighting and more sword fighting!
  • September 18, 2009
    A very elegant and romantic tale with fantastic performances, light humor, very well-defined characters and fantastic fencing duel scenes, featuring the longest fencing duel ever recorded on film. A great classic.

    84/100
  • March 13, 2009
    scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango (lol)
  • November 30, 2008
    A beautiful movie that has gone quite unnoticed, brilliant acting from a great cast, well written script, I mean I Love It All!
  • August 26, 2008
    One of the best swashbuckler of the fifties, the sword-fighting scene is definitely a crowd-pleaser and the script effectively combines romance, comedy, and action. Though Stewart Granger is not as great as Errol Flynn in his prime time would be in this film, he makes a good prot...( read more)agonist and Eleanor Parker is certainly gorgeous. For fans of swashbucklers, don't miss "Scaramouche."
  • August 26, 2008
    kinda slow costume drama
  • July 8, 2008
    An interesting film that has a great sword fight scene at the end, it's a good film for an early Saturday morning.
  • May 10, 2008
    Featuring what has been known as the longest sword fight in cinema history, this film is a fun swashbuckling feature with nice sets as well. I enjoy it for the end fight, but there are plenty of good points besides that including a great love hate relationship between Stewart Gra...( read more)nger and Eleanor Parker. The film also features Janet Leigh in one of her most beautiful roles. The film includes everything, from identity confusion, to love, to revenge, and much more.

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