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Scaramouche (1952 film)

Scaramouche
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Original film poster
Directed by George Sidney
Produced by Carey Wilson
Written by Ronald Millar
George Froeschel
Based on Scaramouche
by Rafael Sabatini
Starring Stewart Granger
Eleanor Parker
Janet Leigh
Mel Ferrer
Music by Victor Young
Cinematography Charles Rosher
Edited by James Newcom
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • June 27, 1952 (1952-06-27)
Running time
115 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $3,005,000
Box office $6,746,000

Scaramouche is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor romantic adventure film based on the 1921 novel Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini as well as the 1923 film version starring Ramón Novarro.

The film stars Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, and Mel Ferrer. It was directed by George Sidney and 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.

In France just prior to the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette (Nina Foch) asks her cousin Noel, the Marquis de Maynes (Mel Ferrer), to uncover the identity of "Marcus Brutus", a dangerous pamphleteer rousing hatred of the aristocracy.

Meanwhile, André Moreau (Stewart Granger), a nobleman's bastard, kidnaps his beloved Lenore (Eleanor Parker) to keep her from marrying another man. Afterwards, Moreau learns that his father is the Count de Gavrillac. While traveling to meet his parent, Moreau runs into Aline de Gavrillac (Janet Leigh), the Queen's ward, when her carriage breaks down the road. They are strongly attracted to each other, but Moreau's ardor suddenly cools when he learns that she is his half-sister. He hides that information from her.


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