Scaramouche

Swashbuckling adventure on a grand scale in which a young nobleman in 18th-century France disguises himself as an actor to avenge the death of his close friend at the hands of the wicked Marquis de Maynes. One of the sword fights, at six-and-a-half minutes, is credited with being the longest in cinema history, George Sidney's swashbuckling adventure stars Stewart Granger as Andre Moreau, a young man determined to avenge the death of his friend at the hand of the Marquis de Maynes (Mel Ferrer). But the Marquis is the finest swordsman in France and, to gain enough time to learn to fight well enough to take him on, Moreau lays low as the clown Scaramouche. Moreau's journey to face his destiny inevitably features generous helpings of sword-fighting action, numerous cases of mistaken identity and romantic liaisons with Eleanor Parker and Janet Leigh.