The Company that made "Quo Vadis" brings the world another spectacular romantic triumph!
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
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Classical in form, resolved, effortless and plot-driven.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Mar 20208/10
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 w
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Cast
- Stewart GrangerAndre Moreau
- Eleanor ParkerLenore
- Janet LeighAline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
- Mel FerrerNoel, Marquis de Maynes
- Henry WilcoxonChevalier de Chabrillaine
- Nina FochMarie Antoinette
- Richard AndersonPhilippe de Valmorin (Marcus Brutus)
- Robert CooteGaston Binet
- Lewis StoneGeorges de Valmorin
- Elisabeth RisdonIsabelle de Valmorin
Crew
- George SidneyDirector
- Ronald MillarScreenplay
- George FroeschelScreenplay
- Rafael SabatiniNovel
- Charles RosherDirector of Photography
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
- James E. NewcomEditor
- Carey WilsonProducer
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