Reign of Terror (film)

Reign of Terror also known as The Black Book is a 1949 American drama film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart and Arlene Dahl. The film is set during the French Revolution. Plotters seek to bring down Maximilien Robespierre and end his bloodthirsty Reign of Terror.

Meanwhile, patriot Charles DAubigny Robert Cummings secretly kills and impersonates Duval Charles Gordon, the bloodstained prosecutor of Strasbourg, who had been summoned to Paris by Robespierre for some unknown purpose which Robespierres enemies want very much to ascertain. Neither Robespierre nor Fouch Arnold Moss, the chief of his secret police, have met Duval before, so the substitution goes undetected. Robespierre informs DAubigny that his black book, containing the names of those he intends to denounce and have executed, has been stolen. Robespierres numerous foes are kept in check by the uncertainty of whether their names are on the list. If they were to learn for certain that they are, they would band together against him. He gives DAubigny authority over everyone in France, save himself, andhours to retrieve the book.DAubigny meets Barras Richard Hart through his sole contact, Madelon Arlene Dahl, whom DAubigny once loved. However, he was followed, and Barras is arrested by the police, led by SaintJust. DAubigny finds himself in an uncomfortable position, but manages to allay the suspicions of both sides that he has betrayed them. ........

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