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Dangerous Exile

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

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.

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

  • Brian Rawlinson

    Brian Rawlinson

    Dylan Evans

  • Terence Longdon

    Terence Longdon

    Sir Frederick Venner

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.

Rating

6.3 / 10
6 Reviews
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