Directed by Anthony Mann and starring Robert Cummings, Richard Hart, Richard Basehart, and Arlene Dahl, the film is set during the French Revolution where Maximilien Robespierre (Richard Basehart), already the most powerfu... more »l man in France, wants to become the nation s dictator. Plotters seek to bring him down and end his bloodthirsty Reign of Terror. He further fuels the panic of upheaval in 1794 France by desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked by him for the guillotine and a key to help him eventually emerge as the country's dictator. He hopes that his agents will recover it, but if it falls into the wrong hands, it would mean his political ruin and death.Includes closed captioning.« less