Scaramouche

Overview

This delightful adaptation of Rafael Sabatini's swashbuckling novel stars Stewart Granger as Andre Moreau, an 18th-century French nobleman who is publicly humiliated by the Marquis de Maynes. Challenged to a sword duel by the Marquis, Andre flees. He hides behind the personality of Scaramouche, a zany clown, and plots revenge.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/24/2012
UPC:	0883316486061
Original Release:	1952
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:54:00
Sales rank:	4,533

Special Features

Closed Caption; Featurette- a retrospective with Mel Ferrer; Animated commercial

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Eleanor Parker	Lenore
Stewart Granger	Andre Moreau/Scaramouche
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
Robert Coote	Gaston Binet
Lewis Stone	Georges de Valmorin
Elisabeth Risdon	Isabelle de Valmorin,Isabelle de Valmorin
Howard Freeman	Michael Vanneau
Curtis Cooksey	Fabian
John Dehner	Doutreval
John Litel	Dr. Dubuque
Jonathan Cott	Sergeant
Dan Foster	Pierrot
Owen McGiveney	Punchinello
Hope Landin	Mme. Frying Pan
Frank Mitchell	Harlequin
Carol Hughes	Pierrette,Pierrette
Richard Hale	Perigore
Henry Corden	Scaramouche the Drinker
John Eldredge	Clerk
Mitchell Lewis	Major Domo
Ottola Nesmith	Lady-in-Waiting
Dorothy Patrick	Dorie
John Sheffield	Flunky
Douglas Dumbrille	President
Frank Wilcox	DeCrillion
Anthony Marsh	Capelier
John Crawford	Vignon
Bert LeBaron	Fencing Opponent
Victor Young	Composer

Technical Credits

Ronald Millar

George Froeschel

George Sidney	Director
Ronald Millar	Screenwriter
George Froeschel	Screenwriter
A. Arnold Gillespie	Special Effects
Warren Newcombe	Special Effects
Irving G. Ries	Special Effects
Carey Wilson	Producer
Peter Ballbusch	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

The most memorable aspect of this 1952 version of the old-fashioned adventure story is the epic six-and-a-half minute climactic swordfight in a deserted theater. But there is plenty of other pleasure in this adaptation of the novel by Rafael Sabatini. Set during the French Revolution, it's the story of a nobleman (a well-cast Stewart Granger) who joins a theater troupe to avenge a friend's death and becomes a clownish character named Scaramouche. His nemesis is played by Mel Ferrer. The story was first filmed in 1923; the star of that silent version, Lewis Stone, appears in a smaller part in this film. The MGM feature was directed by George Sidney and is one of the last great examples of a comic swashbuckler.