

Reign of Terror
Open or shut… it can cost your life!
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.
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- Language
- English
- paris, france
- undercover agent
- politics
- french revolution
- guillotine
- film noir
- black and white
- 18th century
- mock trial
- robespierre
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United StatesUS
- PremiereNew Orleans16 Jul 1949
- Theatrical15 Oct 1949
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- TheatricalMadrid4 Oct 1954
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Reign of Terror was released on 15 October 1949.
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2- J7/10
John Chard
1/28/2019
It must be quite a thrill, making out your death list every night. The Black Book (AKA: Reign of Terror) is directed by Anthony Mann and written by Aeneas MacKenzie and Phillip Yordan. It stars Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart, Arlene Dahl, Charles McGraw and Arnold Moss. Sol Kaplan scores the music and John Alton is the cinematographer. Late 18th century France and the republic is in chaos as t…
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CinemaSerf
7/9/2022
It's quite interesting that, aside from the "Scarlet Pimpernel", there are relatively few films that deal with the French revolution and this is certainly one of the better ones. Robespierre (Richard Basehart) is suitably menacing as the First Citizen of the new Republic bent on becoming Dictator. When his opponents discover the existence of, and manage to steal, his secret black book - in which are named the people …
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