Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
Tony Curtis
Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
Overview
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...
Cast
Laurette de Latour
Colleen Miller
Laurette de Latour
Captain Charles Laverne
Gene Barry
Captain Charles Laverne
Brisquet
Dan O'Herlihy
Brisquet
Madame Valentine
Angela Lansbury
Madame Valentine
Marcel Cadonal
George Dolenz
Marcel Cadonal
Rochet
John Hoyt
Rochet
Andre Majolin
Donald Randolph
Andre Majolin
Napoleon Bonaparte
Robert Cornthwaite
Napoleon Bonaparte
Baron de Morleve
Stephen Bekassy
Baron de Morleve
Duc de Latour
Paul Cavanagh
Duc de Latour
Constance de Voulois
Myrna Hansen
Constance de Voulois
Reviews
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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