The Black Book (1949)

During the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre, a powerful and ambitious leader, desperately searches for his missing black book—a secret death list containing the names of those he has marked for the guillotine. The recovery of this book is crucial to Robespierre's efforts to solidify his power and emerge as France's dictator. However, should it fall into the wrong hands, it would seal his political ruin and possibly his own death. Cast: - Robert Cummings as Charles D'Aubigny - Richard Basehart as Maximilien Robespierre - Richard Hart as François Barras - Arlene Dahl as Madelon - Arnold Moss as Fouché - Norman Lloyd as Tallien, Barras' associate - Charles McGraw as Sergeant - Beulah Bondi as Grandma Blanchard, the woman who shelters D'Aubigny and Madelon - Jess Barker as Saint-Just - Robert Warwick as the Leader of the Convention Runtime: 89 minutes