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Reign of Terror (reissued as The Black Book) is a 1949 American spy thriller film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart and Arlene Dahl. The film is set during the French Revolution .
Reign of Terror: Directed by Anthony Mann. With Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart, Arlene Dahl. Robespierrre, a powerful figure in the French revolution, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked for the guillotine.
Jul 16, 2023 · The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after gaining supreme power and establishing a reign of terror ruled by death, now intends to become the dictator of France.
Stars: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard HartDirector: Anthony MannRobespierrre, a powerful figure in the French revolution, is desperately looking ...
The screenplay by Philip Yordan concentrates on his final days in office and some fanciful but highly exciting attempts at ending his reign of terror - a reign that failed to accommodate the...
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The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after gaining supreme power and establishing a reign of terror ruled by death, now intends to become the dictator of France.
The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after gaining supreme power and establishing a reign of terror ruled by death, now intends to become the dictator of France.
Anthony Mann's THE BLACK BOOK (aka REIGN OF TERROR) is one of its finest examples, a costume thriller set in the French Revolution, and somehow managing to create the visual style and emotional mood of true film noir in a completely atypical setting.
Reign of Terror. 1949 · 1 hr 16 min. G. Crime. The ruthless figure of the French Revolution, Maximilien Robespierre, has designs on becoming Frances next dictator, but his plot will be foiled if a missing black book condemning his opponents falls into the wrong hands!
History is thrown to the wolves as Robert Cummings impersonates a public prosecutor and tries to overthrow the dictatorship of Robespierre (Basehart), whose incriminating 'Black Book' (furnishing...
