Mask of the Avenger

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Mask of the Avenger

Directed by	Phil Karlson
Written by	Ralph Gilbert Bettison George Bruce
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg
Starring	John Derek Anthony Quinn Jody Lawrance
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Music by	Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures Corporation
Release date	June 27, 1951 (1951-06-27)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Mask of the Avenger is a 1951 American historical adventure film directed by Phil Karlson starring John Derek, Anthony Quinn and Jody Lawrance.

Derek portrays Renatu Dimorna, the son of an Italian aristocrat, who vows revenge after his father is murdered during the European political upheaval of 1848.

Plot

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Cast

John Derek as Capt. Renato Dimorna
Anthony Quinn as Viovanni Larocca
Jody Lawrance as Maria d'Orsini
Arnold Moss as Colardi
Eugene Iglesias as Rollo D'Anterras
Dickie Leroy as Jacopo (as Dickie LeRoy)
Harry Cording as Zio
Ian Wolfe as Signor Donner

Reception

The film was one of several swashbucklers Derek made for Columbia. Filmink argued he was outshone by Anthony Quinn.^[1]

References

^ Vagg, Stephen (5 November 2024). "The Cinema of John Derek, Movie Star". Filmink. Retrieved 5 November 2024.

External links

Mask of the Avenger at IMDb
Mask of the Avenger at the TCM Movie Database
‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Mask of the Avenger at AllMovie

Films directed by Phil Karlson

A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944)
G. I. Honeymoon (1945)
There Goes Kelly (1945)
The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
Live Wires (1946)
Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)
Dark Alibi (1946)
Behind the Mask (1946)
Bowery Bombshell (1946)
Wife Wanted (1946)
Kilroy Was Here (1947)
Black Gold (1947)
Louisiana (1947)
Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
Rocky (1948)
Adventures in Silverado (1948)
Thunderhoof (1948)
The Big Cat (1949)
Down Memory Lane (1949)
The Iroquois Trail (1950)
Lorna Doone (1951)
The Texas Rangers (1951)
Mask of the Avenger (1951)
Scandal Sheet (1952)
The Brigand (1952)
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
99 River Street (1953)
They Rode West (1954)
Tight Spot (1955)
Hell's Island (1955)
5 Against the House (1955)
The Phenix City Story (1955)
The Brothers Rico (1957)
Gunman's Walk (1958)
Hell to Eternity (1960)
Key Witness (1960)
The Secret Ways (1961)
The Young Doctors (1961)
Kid Galahad (1962)
The Scarface Mob (1962)
Rampage (1963)
The Silencers (1966)
A Time for Killing (1967)
The Wrecking Crew (1968)
Hornets' Nest (1970)
Ben (1972)
Walking Tall (1973)
Framed (1975)

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