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Reign of Terror

(1949)

October 15, 1949• 1h 27m
68%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Anthony Mann

Director

Top Billed Cast

RC

Robert Cummings

Charles D'Aubigny

RB

Richard Basehart

Maximilian Robespierre

RH

Richard Hart

François Barras

AD

Arlene Dahl

Madeleine

AM

Arnold Moss

Fouché

NL

Norman Lloyd

Tallien

CM

Charles McGraw

Sergeant

BB

Beulah Bondi

Grandma Blanchard

JB

Jess Barker

Saint-Just

WB

Walter Bacon

Citizen (uncredited)