Reign of Terror
movie

Open or shut… it can cost your life!
Released October 15, 1949
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.
Cast

Robert Cummings
as
Charles D'Aubigny

Richard Basehart
as
Maximilian Robespierre

Richard Hart
as
François Barras

Arlene Dahl
as
Madeleine

Arnold Moss
as
Fouché

Norman Lloyd
as
Tallien

Charles McGraw
as
Sergeant

Beulah Bondi
as
Grandma Blanchard

Jess Barker
as
Saint-Just
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Walter Bacon
as
Citizen (uncredited)

Ray Bennett
as
Robespierre's Shooter (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg
as
Citizen (uncredited)
Crew

Anthony Mann
as
Director
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Sol Kaplan
as
Original Music Composer

John Alton
as
Director of Photography

Philip Yordan
as
Story

Philip Yordan
as
Screenplay
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Æneas MacKenzie
as
Story
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Æneas MacKenzie
as
Screenplay
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Fred Allen
as
Editor

William Cameron Menzies
as
Producer
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Edward L. Ilou
as
Art Direction
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John R. Carter
as
Sound
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Armor Marlowe
as
Set Decoration