The Purple Mask (1955)
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...
Director:
H. Bruce Humberstone
Writer:
Oscar Brodney
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Tony Curtis as Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask |
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Colleen Miller as Laurette de Latour |
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Gene Barry as Captain Charles Laverne |
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Dan O'Herlihy as Brisquet |
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Angela Lansbury as Madame Valentine |
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George Dolenz as Marcel Cadonal |
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John Hoyt as Rochet |
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Donald Randolph as Andre Majolin |
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Robert Cornthwaite as Napoleon Bonaparte |
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Stephen Bekassy as Baron de Morleve |
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Paul Cavanagh as Duc de Latour |
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Myrna Hansen as Constance de Voulois |
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Allison Hayes as Irene de Bournotte |
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Jane Howard as Yvonne de Tressy (as Betty Jane Howarth) |
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Carl Milletaire as Edouard |
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Gene Darcy as Vicomte de Morsanne |
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Robert Hunter as Baron de Vivianne |
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Richard Avonde as Roger |
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Britt Lomond as Raoul (as Glase Lohman) |
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Diane DuBois as Sabine |
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Everett Glass as Father Brochard |
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Olga Andre as Customer (uncredited) |
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Charles Bastin as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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George Baxter as Official (uncredited) |
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Eugene Borden as Napoleon Officer (uncredited) |
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Louis Borel as Workman (uncredited) |
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George Bruggeman as French Officer (uncredited) |
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Peter Camlin as Colonel (uncredited) |
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Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Madame Anais (uncredited) |
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Jean De Briac as Count de Chauvac (uncredited) |
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Jane Easton as Marie du Pontblanc (uncredited) |
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Ralph Faulkner as Opponent (uncredited) |
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Richard Flato as Orderly (uncredited) |
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Albert Godderis as Old Servant (uncredited) |
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Donald Lawton as Passerby (uncredited) |
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Joseph Romantini as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Lomax Study as Orderly (uncredited) |
| Editing | Ted J. Kent | Editor |
| Production | Howard Christie | Producer |
| Camera | Irving Glassberg | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Oscar Brodney | Screenplay |
| Directing | H. Bruce Humberstone | Director |
