The Purple Mask

1955

1h 22m

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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...

Directors

H. Bruce Humberstone

Writers

Oscar Brodney(screenplay by)

Stars

Tony Curtis

Colleen Miller

Gene Barry

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Tony Curtis

Rene de Traviere …

Colleen Miller

Laurette de Latour

Gene Barry

Captain Charles Laverne

Brisquet

Madame Valentine

Marcel Cadonal

Rochet

Andre Majolin

Napoleon Bonaparte

Baron de Morleve

Duc de Latour

Constance de Voulois

Irene de Bournotte

Yvonne de Tressy (as Betty Jane Howarth)

Edouard

Vicomte de Morsanne

Baron de Vivianne

Roger

Directors

H. Bruce Humberstone

Writers

Oscar Brodney(screenplay by)

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6/10

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.

Geronimo196714 Nov, 2022