The Purple Mask 1955
The Purple Mask
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...
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...
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Full Cast & Crew... Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
... Laurette de Latour
... Captain Charles Laverne
... Brisquet
... Madame Valentine
... Marcel Cadonal
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See All 1 Reviews14 Nov 2022 by CinemaSerf
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.
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Release Date:
Jun 15, 1955 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 22`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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The Purple Mask
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.
Cast & Crew of
The Purple Mask
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
... Laurette de Latour
... 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
JH
Jane Howard... Yvonne de Tressy (as Betty Jane Howarth)
... Edouard
GD
Gene Darcy... Vicomte de Morsanne
... Baron de Vivianne
... Roger
... Raoul (as Glase Lohman)
DD
Diane DuBois... Sabine
Produced By
... Producer