---
title: 'Reign of Terror (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anthony Mann'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/reign-of-terror-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041796/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Reign of Terror (1950)

1950 · 89 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Reign of Terror is a 1949 American historical thriller film directed by Anthony Mann from a screenplay by Aeneas MacKenzie and Philip Yordan, and starring Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart and Arlene Dahl. Set during the French Revolution, the film follows a plot to bring down Maximilien Robespierre and end his bloodthirsty Reign of Terror.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anthony Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-mann)
- **Screenplay:** [Philip Yordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-yordan), [Æneas MacKenzie](https://cinepixo.com/people/neas-mackenzie)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sol Kaplan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-kaplan)
- **Producer:** [William Cameron Menzies](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-cameron-menzies)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Alton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-alton)
- **Editor:** [Fred Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-allen)

## Cast

- [Wade Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-crosby)
- [Dabbs Greer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dabbs-greer)
- [Richard Hart](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hart-2)
- [William Challee](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-challee)
- [Richard Basehart](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-basehart)
- [Max Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-wagner)
- [Arlene Dahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlene-dahl)
- [Norman Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-lloyd)
- [Charles McGraw](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-mcgraw)
- [Hans Moebus](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-moebus)
- [Clancy Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/clancy-cooper)
- [Wilton Graff](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilton-graff)
- [Robert Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-cummings)
- [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny)
- [Beulah Bondi](https://cinepixo.com/people/beulah-bondi)

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