Synopsis
Reign of Terror (1949) is a historical thriller you can watch online on iFILM — directed by Anthony Mann and shot by John Alton, who lit the French Revolution of 1794 like a noir crime picture. Deep shadows and hard angles where you would expect candlelit ballrooms.
Lafayette sends Charles D'Aubigny (Robert Cummings) undercover to find Robespierre's secret kill list. Richard Basehart plays the revolutionary as a bureaucrat of death — no speeches, just paperwork. Time is short.
Mann was the right director for this material. His films are about men trapped in bad situations with no clean exits, and D'Aubigny's position — inside the enemy's organization, running out of room — fits that pattern exactly. Stream Reign of Terror (1949) online on iFILM.
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