![]() Without the book, many more will die, Dissolve to the Convention. Fouché shows up and shows an earring of Madelon's to D'Aubigny. The Convention is assembled and about to convene. Despite being tortured by the Sergeant, she refuses to talk. D'Aubigny gets away, but Madelon is caught and taken back to Paris. D'Aubigny and Madelon flee on horseback, and a chase ensues. Just goes to the Blanchards' farm and gets no help from anyone there. ![]() He and Madelon hide out at the farmhouse of fellow conspirators, the Blanchards, who are either under arrest in Paris or already dead at the hands of St. D'Aubigny strangles him into unconsciousness and escapes. When D'Aubigny finds the book, Fouché tries to stab him. Pretending to be Madame Duval, Madelon extricates D'Aubigny while the real Madame Duval awaits at the gate.īefore news of his impersonation spreads, D'Aubigny returns to Robespierre's private office-located in the back rooms of a bakery-to look for the book. Saint-Just, still suspicious, sends for Duval's wife to identify her husband. Strangely, their rooms have not been ransacked in search of the book, leading D'Aubigny to surmise that it was never stolen in the first place, and that Robespierre is using the alleged theft to distract his foes. Visiting Barras in prison, he informs him that three of his men have been murdered. Despite being in an uncomfortable position, D'Aubigny manages to allay both sides' suspicions that he has betrayed them. However, he was followed, and the police, led by Saint-Just, arrests Barras. He gives D'Aubigny authority over everyone in France and 24 hours to retrieve the book.ĭ'Aubigny meets Barras through his sole contact, Madelon, whom D'Aubigny once loved. If they were to learn for certain that they are on the list, they would band together against him. Robespierre's numerous foes are kept in check by not knowing whether their names are on the list or not. Robespierre informs D'Aubigny that his black book, containing the names of those he intends to denounce and have executed, has been stolen. Neither Robespierre nor Fouché, the chief of his secret police, have met Duval before, so the substitution goes undetected. Meanwhile, patriot Charles D'Aubigny secretly kills and impersonates Duval, the prosecutor of Strasbourg, who Robespierre summoned to Paris for unknown purposes (which Robespierre's enemies wish to ascertain). Barras refuses to do so and goes into hiding. ![]() He summons François Barras, the only man who can nominate him before the National Convention. The most powerful man in France, Maximilien Robespierre, wants to become the nation's Dictator. Plotters seek to bring down Maximilien Robespierre and end his bloodthirsty Reign of Terror. ![]() The film is set during the French Revolution. Reign of Terror (reissued as The Black Book) is a 1949 American spy thriller film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart and Arlene Dahl. ![]()
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