Scaramouche

1952

1h 50m

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7.0/10

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In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

Directors

George Sidney

Writers

George Froeschel(screenplay by)

Rafael Sabatini(novel by)

Ronald Millar(screenplay by)

Stars

Stewart Granger

Eleanor Parker

Janet Leigh

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Stewart Granger

Andre Moreau

Eleanor Parker

Lenore

Janet Leigh

Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon

Mel Ferrer

Noel, Marquis de Maynes

Henry Wilcoxon

Chevalier de Chabrillaine

Nina Foch

Marie Antoinette

Richard Anderson

Philippe de Valmorin (Marcus Brutus)

Gaston Binet

Georges de Valmorin

Isabelle de Valmorin

Michael Vanneau

Fabian

Doutreval

Dr. Dubuque

Sergeant

Pierrot

Punchinello

Mme. Frying Pan

Directors

George Sidney

Writers

George Froeschel(screenplay by)

Rafael Sabatini(novel by)

Ronald Millar(screenplay by)

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Will you do the fandango with that trusty blade sir? "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad" Scaramouche is a romantic revenge adventure brought to us by MGM. It's based on the 1921 novel Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini. The story was also filmed as a silent film in 1923 that starred Ramon Novarro. Directed by George Sidney (Anchors Aweigh/Kiss Me Kate), it stars Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, Mel Ferrer and John Dehner. It's produced by Carey Wilson from a screenplay by Ronald Millar and George Froeschel. The original music score was composed by Victor Young and the cinematography by Charles Rosher. Do you want your buckle swashed? Would you like to be whisked away on an adventure with beautiful women and handsome men at every turn? All played out in sumptuous Technicolor? Where the sets and costumes are of a very high quality and the choreography of the sword play is as good as it gets? If yes then Scaramouche is the film for you. A classic swashbuckler in the truest sense of the saying. The makers have simplified Sabatini's novel to make the film family friendly, the script is literate and witty, while the cast attack the material with gleeful relish. Particularly Granger, who smirks his way thru the piece with debonair ease; and Mel Ferrer who delivers one of the finest villains the genre has thrown up. At the core of the film is the longest filmed ever sword duel at six and a half minutes, every second of which is vibrant, bold, and yes, damn sexy too. Sidney's direction is very astute because the pace never sags and there's just enough characterisation to make us root for the hero and to boo the villain. Whilst the piece rightly in its approach work never resorts to being a boorish history lesson. Even the love triangle {poor Stewart has both the sensual Parker and the sweet Leigh lusting after him!} never cloys the story, and in fact gives the film a solid centre as the outer edges merge into its adventure based being. Not as famous as some of Errol Flynn or Tyrone Powers' sword play movies, but it should be because it's a rapier ripper of a movie. 8/10

John Chard22 Mar, 2020