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...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 15, 1955

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Universal International Pictures

Cast

Gene Barry,John Hoyt,Richard Avonde,Eugene Borden,Ralph Faulkner,Donald Randolph,Angela Lansbury,Donald Lawton,Robert Hunter,Stephen Bekassyand 27 more

Director

H. Bruce Humberstone

Writer

Oscar Brodney

Producer

Howard Christie

Cinematography

Irving Glassberg

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0048522