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Reign of Terror (1949)

Reign of Terror (1949)

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Open or shut… it can cost your life!

Release Date: 1949, October 15
Directors: Anthony Mann
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Walter Wanger Productions, Eagle-Lion Films
Cast: Dabbs Greer, Frank Hagney, Arthur Tovey, Chet Brandenburg, Rudy Germane, Norman Lloyd, Jack Perry, Russ Tamblyn, Walter Bacon, Hans Moebus, Ralph Brooks, Beulah Bondi

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

film noir 18th century politics paris, france undercover agent black and white french revolution guillotine robespierre mock trial