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
- Walter Bacon as Citizen (uncredited)