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Dangerous Exile

Dangerous Exile

SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURE! A rogue saved a King from the guillotine.

19576.21h 28m

Overview

Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Richard O'Sullivan. It concerns the fate of Louis XVII, who died in 1795 as a boy, yet was popularly believed to have escaped from his French revolutionary captors.

Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Written by Robin Estridge, Vaughan Wilkins
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Top Cast

Louis Jourdan

Louis Jourdan

Duke Philippe de Beauvais

Belinda Lee

Belinda Lee

Virginia Traill

Keith Michell

Keith Michell

Colonel St. Gerard

Richard O'Sullivan

Richard O'Sullivan

Louis XVII / Richard de Beauvais

Martita Hunt

Martita Hunt

Lady Lydia Fell

Finlay Currie

Finlay Currie

Mr. Patient

Anne Heywood

Anne Heywood

Glynis

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Brian Rawlinson

Dylan Evans

Terence Longdon

Terence Longdon

Sir Frederick Venner

Frederick Leister

Frederick Leister

Capt. Andrew Ogden

Themes & Keywords

french revolution

About Dangerous Exile

Dangerous Exile is a adventure, drama, romance film released in 1957 exploring themes of french revolution. Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, it stars Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Keith Michell. Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Richard O'Sullivan. It concerns the fate of Louis XVII, who died in 1795 as a boy, yet was popularly believed to have escaped from his French revolutionary captors.

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