Under the Red Robe
The tale of a swashbuckling soldier of fortune in the days of the power of Cardinal Richelieu in France, and of his swift romance while engaged in a dangerous mission for the ruthless Cardinal.
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"This is an enjoyable period drama that combines a little history, some action, some romance, some dry and occasionally macabre humor, and most of all plenty of intrigue. It has an interesting historical setting, centering on the devious Cardinal Richelieu, one of history's more interesting (if hardly admirable) figures. While there isn't much here to take seriously, it is good light entertainment. Conrad Veidt stars as a dreaded duelist under sentence of death, to whom Richelieu offers a pardon if he can bring in a Huguenot duke whose plans for an uprising have the Cardinal in a pan..."
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This film received its earliest documented USA telecasts in Chicago Sunday 4 September 1949 on WGN (Channel 9), in Detroit Sunday 11 September 1949 on WWJ (Channel 4), in Atlanta Wednesday 28 September 1949 on WSB (Channel 8), in Boston Sunday 16 October 1949 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Cincinnati Sunday 13 November 1949 on WLW-T (Channel 4), in Philadelphia Sunday 27 November 1949 on WFIL (Channel 6), in New York City Friday 13 January 1950 on WPIX (Channel 11), in Los Angeles Friday 24 February 1950 on KTLA (Channel 5) and in San Francisco Monday 10 April 1950 on KGO (Channel 7).
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The tale of a swashbuckling soldier of fortune in the days of the power of Cardinal Richelieu in France, and of his swift romance while engaged in a dangerous mission for the ruthless Cardinal.