Reign of Terror
“Open or shut… it can cost your life!”
1949•1h 27m•6.8•Released
DramaThrillerHistory
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.
Director
Anthony Mann
Writer
Æneas MacKenzie, Philip Yordan
Languages
English
Studio
Walter Wanger Productions
Cast
Robert Cummings
Charles D'Aubigny
Richard Basehart
Maximilian Robespierre
Richard Hart
François Barras
Arlene Dahl
Madeleine
Arnold Moss
Fouché
Norman Lloyd
Tallien
Charles McGraw
Sergeant
Beulah Bondi
Grandma Blanchard
Jess Barker
Saint-Just
Walter Bacon
Citizen (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
Robespierre's Shooter (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Citizen (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Citizen (uncredited)
William Challee
Bourdon (uncredited)
Frank Conlan
Gatekeeper (uncredited)
Production
Company
Walter Wanger Productions
Company
Eagle-Lion Films
Producer
William Cameron Menzies
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