The Purple Mask
1955 | 82m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | H. Bruce Humberstone |
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| Writer: | Oscar Brodney |
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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... | |
| Release Date: | Jun 15, 1955 |
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| Director: | H. Bruce Humberstone |
| Writer: | Oscar Brodney |
| Genres: | Adventure |
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| Production Companies | Universal International Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tony Curtis | Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask |
| Colleen Miller | Laurette de Latour |
| Gene Barry | Captain Charles Laverne |
| Dan O'Herlihy | Brisquet |
| Angela Lansbury | Madame Valentine |
| George Dolenz | Marcel Cadonal |
| John Hoyt | Rochet |
| Donald Randolph | Andre Majolin |
| Robert Cornthwaite | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Stephen Bekassy | Baron de Morleve |
| Paul Cavanagh | Duc de Latour |
| Myrna Hansen | Constance de Voulois |
| Allison Hayes | Irene de Bournotte |
| Jane Howard | Yvonne de Tressy (as Betty Jane Howarth) |
| Carl Milletaire | Edouard |
| Gene Darcy | Vicomte de Morsanne |
| Robert Hunter | Baron de Vivianne |
| Richard Avonde | Roger |
| Britt Lomond | Raoul (as Glase Lohman) |
| Diane DuBois | Sabine |
| Everett Glass | Father Brochard |
| Olga Andre | Customer (uncredited) |
| Charles Bastin | Gendarme (uncredited) |
| George Baxter | Official (uncredited) |
| Eugene Borden | Napoleon Officer (uncredited) |
| Louis Borel | Workman (uncredited) |
| George Bruggeman | French Officer (uncredited) |
| Peter Camlin | Colonel (uncredited) |
| Adrienne D'Ambricourt | Madame Anais (uncredited) |
| Jean De Briac | Count de Chauvac (uncredited) |
| Jane Easton | Marie du Pontblanc (uncredited) |
| Ralph Faulkner | Opponent (uncredited) |
| Richard Flato | Orderly (uncredited) |
| Albert Godderis | Old Servant (uncredited) |
| Donald Lawton | Passerby (uncredited) |
| Joseph Romantini | Gendarme (uncredited) |
| Lomax Study | Orderly (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| H. Bruce Humberstone | Director |
| Oscar Brodney | Screenplay |
| Irving Glassberg | Director of Photography |
| Ted J. Kent | Editor |
| Name | Title |
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| Howard Christie | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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 Bonapar ... te 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.