Scaramouche

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

1952 1h 50m EN

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 108

AdventureRomance

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

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

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Cast

Stewart Granger
Andre Moreau
Eleanor Parker
Lenore
Janet Leigh
Aline de Gavrillac de Bourbon
Mel Ferrer
Noel, Marquis de Maynes
Henry Wilcoxon
Chevalier de Chabrillaine
Nina Foch
Marie Antoinette
Richard Anderson
Philippe de Valmorin (Marcus Brutus)
Robert Coote
Gaston Binet

Credits

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Director: George Sidney
Writers: George Froeschel, Ronald Millar
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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74 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by George Sidney, shot by Charles Rosher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Victor Young. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor James E. Newcom shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Stewart Granger and Eleanor Parker and Janet Leigh carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Company that made "Quo Vadis" brings the world another spectacular romantic triumph!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0045125 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

George Sidney directs. Charles Rosher behind the camera. Victor Young scores. James E. Newcom cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
274 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by George Sidney, shot by Charles Rosher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Victor Young. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor James E. Newcom shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Stewart Granger and Eleanor Parker and Janet Leigh carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The Company that made "Quo Vadis" brings the world another spectacular romantic triumph!".
8IMDB entry: tt0045125 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Charles Rosher
Original score: Victor Young
Editing: James E. Newcom
Costume design: Gile Steele
Makeup / hair: Sydney Guilaroff
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,005,000
Box office: $6,746,000
Return: 224% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Scaramouche (1952)

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John Chard2020-03-22
★ 8/10
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

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