Directed by:
H. Bruce HumberstoneCinematography:
Irving GlassbergCast:
Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Gene Barry, Dan O'Herlihy, Angela Lansbury, George Dolenz, John Hoyt, Robert Cornthwaite, Stephen Bekassy, Paul Cavanagh (more)Plots(1)
In France in 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte has overthrown the aristocracy and rules the country as its consulate. In order to trap the Royalist hero The Purple Mask, so called because of the disguise he wears, Rochet, Napoleon's Minister of Police, pretends to have taken the Count de Chauvac prisoner. The Purple Mask, who rescues nobles and kidnaps important individuals to gain ransom money for the Royalist cause, deduces the trick, however, and takes Rochet prisoner. When Napoleon receives the ransom note, he sends for Brisquet, an expert swordsman who has been banished from Paris because of his incessant dueling, and instructs him to find and kill The Purple Mask. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tony Curtis
USA
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Colleen Miller
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Gene Barry
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Angela Lansbury
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John Hoyt
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Robert Cornthwaite
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Stephen Bekassy
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George Baxter
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Richard Avonde
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