France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by Laurette (really the Duc de Latour's daughter). But even she doesn't know the Purple Mask's real identity as foppish dancing master Rene...
Costume
That purple mask is giving discount Phantom realness.
Acting
Tony Curtis commits to foppish dancing master energy fully.
Director
H. Bruce Humberstone
Tony Curtis
Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
Colleen Miller
Laurette de Latour
Gene Barry
Captain Charles Laverne
Dan O'Herlihy
Brisquet
Angela Lansbury
Madame Valentine
George Dolenz
Marcel Cadonal
John Hoyt
Rochet
Donald Randolph
Andre Majolin
Robert Cornthwaite
Napoleon Bonaparte
Stephen Bekassy
Baron de Morleve
Paul Cavanagh
Duc de Latour
Myrna Hansen
Constance de Voulois
Allison Hayes
Irene de Bournotte
Carl Milletaire
Edouard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Tony Curtis's first starring role after his breakthrough in 'Trapeze,' and he reportedly hated the tights.
The film belongs to a weird 1950s subgenre of Scarlet Pimpernel knockoffs that flooded TV and B-movies, capitalizing on Americans' vague knowledge that France had once had royalty.
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