The Purple Mask (1955)

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Released:
1955-06-15

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...

Director:
H. Bruce Humberstone

Runtime:
1h 22min

Genre:
Adventure

  • Cast:
  • Tony Curtis
    as
    Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
  • Colleen Miller
    as
    Laurette de Latour
  • Gene Barry
    as
    Captain Charles Laverne
  • Dan O'Herlihy
    as
    Brisquet
  • Angela Lansbury
    as
    Madame Valentine