The Purple Mask

The Purple Mask

Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Produced by Howard Christie
Starring Tony Curtis
Angela Lansbury
Gene Barry
Production
company
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates
 1955
Country United States
Language English

The Purple Mask is a 1955 American swashbuckler film, starring Tony Curtis and set in 1803 France.[1]

Plot

France, 1803, is under Napoleon Bonaparte's rule, but royalist adversaries rally behind the mysterious Purple Mask, whose daring feats give them hope. A police captain, Rochet, goes after the Purple Mask only to be taken captive by him, whereupon Napoleon assigns the expert swordsman Basquet to go after him.

The lovely Laurette de Latour, niece of a marquis and romantic interest of Captain Laverne, is on the side of the royalists. She helps hatch a scheme in which the foppish Rene de Traviere, who seems able with a sword, impersonates the Purple Mask to infiltrate Napoleon's ranks and free her kidnapped uncle.

Laurette is unaware that Rene is, in fact, the Purple Mask, who continues his charade, drawing ridicule on himself, until ultimately he is imprisoned along with the marquis. Laurette discovers his true identity while imprisoned and she faints.

On their way to the guillotine, Rene, Laurette and the marquis are rescued in a pre-arranged raid through the sewers of Paris by the royalist rebels. Napoleon, glad to be rid of the troublemakers, permits Rene and Laurette to leave the country for England.

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References

  1. ↑ Database (undated). "The Purple Mask (1955)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 26, 2013.


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