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Set in 1795, this story is based around Britain’s war with Republican France. Over the Welsh town of Tenby floats a French balloon which a group of soldiers are sent to investigate. It leads them to a young boy who is sobbing in a graveyard. He is taken home by a beautiful American woman, Virginia, where it is soon discovered that the boy is the son of the executed Louis XVI and thus the King of France. Whilst Virginia resolves to keep the boy in Britain for his safety, the French are eager to restore him to his rightful throne and undertake a series of highly dangerous operations to fulfil their aims.
Original Release
12/12/1957
US Release
10/10/1958
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Louis Jourdan | Duke Philippe de Beauvais |
Belinda Lee | Virginia Traill |
Keith Michell | Colonel St. Gerard |
Richard O'Sullivan | Louis XVII / Richard de Beauvais |
Martita Hunt | Lady Lydia Fell |
Finlay Currie | Mr. Patient |
Anne Heywood | Glynis |
Brian Rawlinson | Dylan Evans |
Terence Longdon | Col. Sir Frederick Venner / Sir Frederick Venner |
Frederick Leister | Capt. Andrew Ogden |
Directors
Writers
Vaughan Wilkins, Robin Estridge, Patrick Kirwan
Cast
Name | Character |
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Louis Jourdan | Duke Philippe de Beauvais |
Belinda Lee | Virginia Traill |
Keith Michell | Colonel St. Gerard |
Richard O'Sullivan | Louis XVII / Richard de Beauvais |
Martita Hunt | Lady Lydia Fell |
Finlay Currie | Mr. Patient |
Anne Heywood | Glynis |
Brian Rawlinson | Dylan Evans |
Terence Longdon | Col. Sir Frederick Venner / Sir Frederick Venner |
Frederick Leister | Capt. Andrew Ogden |
Derek Oldham | William |
Jean Mercure | Chief of Police |
Raymond Gérôme | Citizen-Director of the Revolution |
Austin Trevor | M. Petitval / Mr. Petitval |
Jean Claudio | DeCastres, Philippe's Comrade in Paris |
Laurence Payne | Lautrec |
Jacques B. Brunius | De Chassagne |
John Dearth | Simon the Jailer |
Lisa Lee | Simon's Wife |
Andre Mikhelson | Prison Doctor Perrot |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
George H. Brown | Producer |