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1952 film adaptation of [[Literature/{{Scaramouche}} the novel]] by Creator/RafaelSabatini. Stewart Granger plays the hero, Andre Moreau, with Mel Ferrer opposite him as the villainous Marquis de Maynes. The female leads are Eleanor Parker (as Lenore) and Janet Leigh (as Aline de Gavrillac). [[MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] went all-out on the sets and costumes and the climactic duel is the longest single-take sword fight in cinematic history.

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1952 film adaptation of [[Literature/{{Scaramouche}} the novel]] by Creator/RafaelSabatini. Stewart Granger plays the hero, Andre Moreau, with Mel Ferrer opposite him as the villainous Marquis de Maynes. The female leads are Eleanor Parker (as Lenore) and Janet Leigh (as Aline de Gavrillac). [[MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] went all-out on the sets and costumes and the climactic duel is the longest single-take sword fight SwordFight in cinematic history.



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%%* SwordFight* SwordFight: As noted, the whole arc of the film is Andre becoming a master at this, culminating in that epic climax.

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%%* BettyAndVeronica: Aline and Lenore.

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%%* * BettyAndVeronica: Aline and Lenore.Lenore with Lenore as the Veronica and Aline as the Betty.



%%* CostumePorn: Oh yes.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Andre and Lenore.

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%%* * CostumePorn: Oh yes.
%%* * CurbstompBattle: De Maynes duel with dw Valmorin and his early encounters with Andre.
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DeadpanSnarker: Andre and Lenore.



* FryingPanOfDoom: Lenore's weapon of choice, both on stage and off.



%%* GuileHero: Andre, at times.

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%%* * GuileHero: Andre, at times.times, especially after he joins the troupe.



%%* SlapSlapKiss: Andre and Lenore's relationship.

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%%* * SlapSlapKiss: Andre and Lenore's relationship.



%%* {{Swashbuckler}}: A classic example.

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%%* * {{Swashbuckler}}: A classic example.



%%* TheTrickster: Andre

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%%* * TheTrickster: AndreAndre isn't but the character he plays, Scaramouche, is.
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* SurpriseIncest: Andre courts Aline early on, but backs away when he finds evidence that she's his sister. [[spoiler: Averted at the end when [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds Lenore reveals that Aline and Andre are not related after all]].]]

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* SurpriseIncest: Andre courts Aline early on, but backs away when he finds evidence that she's his sister. [[spoiler: Averted Subverted at the end when [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds Lenore reveals that Aline and Andre are not related after all]].]]
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%%* HeroesWantRedHeads: Averted.
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%%* FirstGirlWins: Averted.
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* BestServedCold
* BettyAndVeronica: Aline and Lenore.
* BlueBlood

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* %%* BettyAndVeronica: Aline and Lenore.
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* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds

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* CostumePorn: Oh yes.
* DeadpanSnarker: Andre and Lenore.

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* %%* CostumePorn: Oh yes.
* %%* DeadpanSnarker: Andre and Lenore.



* FieryRedhead: Lenore
* FirstGirlWins: Averted.

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* %%* FieryRedhead: Lenore
* %%* FirstGirlWins: Averted.



* FriendlyTarget: Philippe de Valmorin
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Andre himself.

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* %%* FriendlyTarget: Philippe de Valmorin
* %%* FromNobodyToNightmare: Andre himself.



* GuileHero: Andre, at times.
* HeroesWantRedHeads: Averted.
* InspectorZenigata: Chabrillaine.
* InterestingSituationDuel

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* %%* GuileHero: Andre, at times.
* %%* HeroesWantRedHeads: Averted.
* %%* InspectorZenigata: Chabrillaine.
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* LongLostRelative
* TheMasochismTango: Andre and Lenore.

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* %%* LongLostRelative
* %%* TheMasochismTango: Andre and Lenore.



* RoyalRapier
* SlapSlapKiss: Andre and Lenore's relationship.

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* %%* RoyalRapier
* %%* SlapSlapKiss: Andre and Lenore's relationship.



* {{Swashbuckler}}: A classic example.
* SwordFight
* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet
* TheTrickster: Andre

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* %%* {{Swashbuckler}}: A classic example.
* %%* SwordFight
* %%* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet
* %%* TheTrickster: Andre



* VillainOpeningScene: The Marquis has the first ten minutes of screen time, and unlike most examples of this trope, commits not a single evil deed, so much so that he could almost be seen as the DecoyProtagonist.

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* VillainOpeningScene: The Marquis has the first ten minutes of screen time, and unlike most examples of this trope, commits not a single evil deed, so much so that he could almost be seen as the DecoyProtagonist.DecoyProtagonist.
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* BadAss: Andre

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Leonore leaves Andre so he can marry Aline, finally settling up with a certain [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Corsican officer.]]]]]
* LawfulEvil: All the films villains, though they are not truly evil so much as [[ProtagonistCentredMorality against the hero.]]

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Leonore leaves Andre so he can marry Aline, finally settling up with a certain [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Corsican officer.]]]]]
* LawfulEvil: All the films villains, though they are not truly evil so much as [[ProtagonistCentredMorality against the hero.]]
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* RetroactiveRecognition: A very young JanetLeigh as Aline.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Leonore leaves Andre so he can marry Aline, finally settling up with a certain [[NapoleonBonaparte Corsican officer.]]]]]

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Leonore leaves Andre so he can marry Aline, finally settling up with a certain [[NapoleonBonaparte [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Corsican officer.]]]]]
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* VillainOpeningScene: The Marquis has the first ten minutes of screen time, and unlike most examples of this trope, commits not a single evil deed, so much so that he could almost be seen as the DecoyProtaganist.

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* VillainOpeningScene: The Marquis has the first ten minutes of screen time, and unlike most examples of this trope, commits not a single evil deed, so much so that he could almost be seen as the DecoyProtaganist.DecoyProtagonist.
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* UpperClassTwit: Andre, at first. Though he is actually a nobleman's bastard.

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* UpperClassTwit: Andre, at first. Though he is actually a nobleman's bastard.bastard.
* VillainOpeningScene: The Marquis has the first ten minutes of screen time, and unlike most examples of this trope, commits not a single evil deed, so much so that he could almost be seen as the DecoyProtaganist.
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* TheFrenchRevolution

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* TheFrenchRevolutionUsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution
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* LawfulEvil: All the films villains, though they are not truly evil so much as [[ProtaganistCentredMorality against the hero.]]

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* LawfulEvil: All the films villains, though they are not truly evil so much as [[ProtaganistCentredMorality [[ProtagonistCentredMorality against the hero.]]
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* CommediaDellArte: In-universe, Andre hides out with the Commedia troupe in which Lenore is a member, where he discovers his hidden talent for slapstick, and begins to learn how to handle a sword.


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* SurpriseIncest: Andre courts Aline early on, but backs away when he finds evidence that she's his sister. [[spoiler: Averted at the end when [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds Lenore reveals that Aline and Andre are not related after all]].]]
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* InspectorZenignata: Chabrillaine.

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* InspectorZenignata: InspectorZenigata: Chabrillaine.

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* AffablyEvil: The Marquis De Maynes is a loyal servant of the Queen, a gentleman and caring protector and lover to his ward Aline. Unfortunately, he also happens to hate revolutionaries and has no qualms about provoking Phillipe de Valmorin into a duel...

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* AffablyEvil: The Marquis De Maynes is a loyal servant of the Queen, a gentleman and caring protector and lover to his ward Aline. Unfortunately, he also happens to hate revolutionaries and has no qualms about [[ManipulativeBastard provoking Phillipe de Valmorin into a duel...]]


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* GeniusBruiser: Both De Maynes and Andre are MasterSwordsman who play [[GuileHero other characters]] [[ManipulativeBastard like a violin]] when they need to.


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* TheRival: Andre makes the transition all the way from UnknownRival to this after training under De Maynes' teachers and joining the rival party of the National Assembly.
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* NotSoDifferent: Both Andre and De Maynes are clever, passionate, somewhat flippant charmers who are extremely loyal to their friends and family. Over the course of the film, Andre becomes more and more like De Maynes, becoming a master swordsman who repeatedly incapacitates political enemies in duels and has complicated relationships with two different women. This foreshadows TheReveal that [[spoiler: they're brothers.]]
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* LawfulEvil: ALl the films villains, though they are not truly evil so much as [[ProtaganistCentredMorality against the hero.]]

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* LawfulEvil: ALl All the films villains, though they are not truly evil so much as [[ProtaganistCentredMorality against the hero.]]

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* AffablyEvil: The Marquis De Maynes is a loyal servant of the Queen, a gentleman and caring protector and lover to his ward ALine. Unfortunately, he also happens to hate revolutionaries and has no qualms about provoking Phillipe de Valmorin into a duel...

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* AffablyEvil: The Marquis De Maynes is a loyal servant of the Queen, a gentleman and caring protector and lover to his ward ALine.Aline. Unfortunately, he also happens to hate revolutionaries and has no qualms about provoking Phillipe de Valmorin into a duel...


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* SlapSlapKiss: Andre and Lenore's relationship.
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* {{Flynning}}: Oh so much.

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* {{Flynning}}: Oh so much.Honestly a little bit less than you'd expect, with the ten-minute climactic fight scene, but it's definitely there.
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* BettyAndVernoica: Aline and Lenore.

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* BettyAndVernoica: BettyAndVeronica: Aline and Lenore.



* InspectorZeningata: Chabrillaine.

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* InspectorZeningata: InspectorZenignata: Chabrillaine.

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* AffablyEvil: The Marquis De Maynes is a loyal servant of the Queen, a gentleman and caring protector and lover to his ward ALine. Unfortunately, he also happens to hate revolutionaries and has no qualms about provoking Phillipe de Valmorin into a duel...



* BettyAndVernoica: Aline and Lenore.



* BreakTheHaughty: As the final duel continues and De Maynes begins to lose his nerve.



* DeadpanSnarker: Andre and Lenore.



* FromNobodyToNightmare: Andre himself.



* GuileHero: Andre, at times.



* InspectorZeningata: Chabrillaine.



*IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Leonore leaves Andre so he can marry Aline, finally settling up with a certain [[NapoleonBonaparte Corsican officer.]]]]]
* LawfulEvil: ALl the films villains, though they are not truly evil so much as [[ProtaganistCentredMorality against the hero.]]



* MasterSwordsman: De Maynes, his master Doutreval, and ''his'' master Perigore of Paris. And eventually, Andre himself.



* PunchclockVillain: Chevallier de Chabrillaine, De Maynes [[TheDragon dragon]] is actually quite personable and admirer of the theatre.
* RemakeCameo: Lewis Stone played the villain in the silent adaptation, while here he plays Andre's foster father.
* RetroactiveRecognition: A very young JanetLeigh as Aline.



* UpperClassTwit: Andre, at first.

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* UpperClassTwit: Andre, at first. Though he is actually a nobleman's bastard.
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* HairOfGold: Aline
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1952 film adaptation of [[{{Scaramouche}} the novel]] by RafaelSabatini. Stewart Granger plays the hero, Andre Moreau, with Mel Ferrer opposite him as the villainous Marquis de Maynes. The female leads are Eleanor Parker (as Lenore) and Janet Leigh (as Aline de Gavrillac). [[MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] went all-out on the sets and costumes and the climactic duel is the longest single-take sword fight in cinematic history.

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1952 film adaptation of [[{{Scaramouche}} [[Literature/{{Scaramouche}} the novel]] by RafaelSabatini.Creator/RafaelSabatini. Stewart Granger plays the hero, Andre Moreau, with Mel Ferrer opposite him as the villainous Marquis de Maynes. The female leads are Eleanor Parker (as Lenore) and Janet Leigh (as Aline de Gavrillac). [[MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] went all-out on the sets and costumes and the climactic duel is the longest single-take sword fight in cinematic history.
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* TheMasochismTango: Andre and Lenore.
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* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds
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* CostumePorn: Oh yes.
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* TheTrickster: Andre

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* TheTrickster: AndreAndre
* UpperClassTwit: Andre, at first.

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