The black book [videorecording] / Columbia ; Eagle-Lion Films ; Walter Wanger Pictures, Inc. presents ; story and screenplay by Philip Yordan and Aeneas MacKenzie ; produced by William Cameron Menzies ; directed by Anthony Mann.
Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart, Arlene Dahl, Arnold Moss, Norman Lloyd, Charls Mcgraw, Beulah Bondi, Jess Barker. Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. This disc is a DVD-R and may fail to play on some equipment.
Summary:
In the aftermath of Revolutionary leader Robespierre's ruthless and brutal rise to dictator of France, true patriot Charles D'Aubigny assumes the disguise of his country's most feared torturer, 'The Butcher of Strasbourg', in the hopes of infiltrating Robespierre's circle. Political moderates have tasked D'Aubigny with locating a black book, a personal diary of the Terror, containing information that can inspire the overthrow of Robespierre.
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