AdventureRomance

Scaramouche

- The Company that made "Quo Vadis" brings the world another spectacular romantic triumph!

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

Release Date : 1952-05-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Loew's IncorporatedMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Andre Moreau

Original Name : Stewart Granger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lenore

Original Name : Eleanor Parker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon

Original Name : Janet Leigh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Noel, Marquis de Maynes

Original Name : Mel Ferrer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chevalier de Chabrillaine

Original Name : Henry Wilcoxon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marie Antoinette

Original Name : Nina Foch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Philippe de Valmorin (Marcus Brutus)

Original Name : Richard Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gaston Binet

Original Name : Robert Coote

Gender : Male

Character Name : Georges de Valmorin

Original Name : Lewis Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Isabelle de Valmorin

Original Name : Elisabeth Risdon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Michael Vanneau

Original Name : Howard Freeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fabian

Original Name : Curtis Cooksey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doutreval

Original Name : John Dehner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Dubuque

Original Name : John Litel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant

Original Name : Jonathan Cott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pierrot

Original Name : Dan Foster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Punchinello

Original Name : Owen McGiveney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mme. Frying Pan

Original Name : Hope Landin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harlequin

Original Name : Frank Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pierrette

Original Name : Carol Hughes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer in Minuet

Original Name : Barrie Chase

Gender : Female

Character Name : Show Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : John George

Gender : Male

Character Name : Perigore

Original Name : Richard Hale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assembly President

Original Name : Douglass Dumbrille

Gender : Male

Character Name : Napoleon Bonaparte

Original Name : Aram Katcher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edmond

Original Name : Rex Reason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man at Assembly Meeting

Original Name : Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assembly Clerk

Original Name : John Eldredge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady-in-Waiting

Original Name : Ottola Nesmith

Gender : Female

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Will you do the fandango with that trusty blade sir? "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad" Scaramouche is a romantic revenge adventure brought to us by MGM. It's based on the 1921 novel Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini. The story was also filmed as a silent film in 1923 that starred Ramon Novarro. Directed by George Sidney (Anchors Aweigh/Kiss Me Kate), it stars Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, Mel Ferrer and John Dehner. It's 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. Do you want your buckle swashed? Would you like to be whisked away on an adventure with beautiful women and handsome men at every turn? All played out in sumptuous Technicolor? Where the sets and costumes are of a very high quality and the choreography of the sword play is as good as it gets? If yes then Scaramouche is the film for you. A classic swashbuckler in the truest sense of the saying. The makers have simplified Sabatini's novel to make the film family friendly, the script is literate and witty, while the cast attack the material with gleeful relish. Particularly Granger, who smirks his way thru the piece with debonair ease; and Mel Ferrer who delivers one of the finest villains the genre has thrown up. At the core of the film is the longest filmed ever sword duel at six and a half minutes, every second of which is vibrant, bold, and yes, damn sexy too. Sidney's direction is very astute because the pace never sags and there's just enough characterisation to make us root for the hero and to boo the villain. Whilst the piece rightly in its approach work never resorts to being a boorish history lesson. Even the love triangle {poor Stewart has both the sensual Parker and the sweet Leigh lusting after him!} never cloys the story, and in fact gives the film a solid centre as the outer edges merge into its adventure based being. Not as famous as some of Errol Flynn or Tyrone Powers' sword play movies, but it should be because it's a rapier ripper of a movie. 8/10