Scaramouche is a 1952 romantic swashbuckler film starring Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, and Mel Ferrer.

In France just prior to the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette asks her cousin Noel, the Marquis de Maynes, to uncover the identity of "Marcus Brutus", a dangerous pamphleteer rousing hatred of the aristocracy.

After the two decide to get married, Moreau learns that his best man, Philippe de Valmorin, is in hiding for promoting revolution and distributing pamphlets under the allonym Marcus Brutus.

At the same time, Moreau visits his lawyer, Fabien, and forcefully threatens him to disclose the name of his father in order to learn why he has stopped sending an allowance.

Burning for revenge, Moreau seeks out de Maynes' fencing instructor, Doutreval of Dijon, and trains diligently in secret for weeks, while also performing with the troupe.

The aristocrats in the assembly are systematically killing off the deputies representing the common people by provoking them into duels.

Moreau is not interested, until Dubuque mentions that de Maynes is one of the duelists; then he eagerly accepts the seat of a deceased deputy.

Each day, he shows up at the assembly to challenge de Maynes, only to find his enemy absent on trivial but official duties, arranged by Aline, who works with Lenore to protect the man they both love.

Moreau wins every duel, killing most of his opponents; the Chevalier de Chabrillaine barely escapes with his life.

Overhearing de Maynes' intention to confront Moreau that night, Aline persuades him to take her out instead.

The two men engage in a prolonged duel (reputedly the longest in screen history at about eight minutes) that ranges throughout the theater and finally back onto the stage itself.

The studio planned to adapt the novel in late 1938, with production set to commence in early 1939, though pre-production did not start until 1950.

"[4] However, when Stewart Granger was contracted by the studio after his success in King Solomon's Mines, one of his stipulations was that he star in the then-upcoming Scaramouche project.

[7] Talbot Jennings wrote the first script, Casey Wilson was assigned as producer and Sidney as director.

[10] Granger was then cast in Constable Pedley (later called The Wild North) which required location filming in snow.

[4] Lewis Stone played the villain, the Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr, in the 1923 silent version.

[3] The 8-minute-long duel in the theater between Granger and Ferrer took eight weeks of preparation, including memorizing eighty-seven fencing passes.

[3] Filming this scene left Granger with a wrenched knee, a damaged shoulder, and an injured back.

[3] Nina Foch, who appeared as Marie Antoinette, wore the same costume as Norma Shearer in MGM's 1938 film.

They're so much more developed as performers than we are; they get so much better training.Bosley Crowther wrote in his The New York Times review, "A cheekier attitude toward romance and a great deal more play with the swords [than the 1923 version] are in this latter-day whip-up, and these are the things that make it fun.