The Fighting Guardsman

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Directed byHenry Levin
Screenplay byEdward Dein
Franz Schulz
Produced byMichael Kraike
The Fighting Guardsman
Directed byHenry Levin
Screenplay byEdward Dein
Franz Schulz
Based onThe Companions of Jehu by Alexander Dumas
Produced byMichael Kraike
StarringWillard Parker
Anita Louise
Janis Carter
John Loder
CinematographyBurnett Guffey
Edited byViola Lawrence
Music byPaul Sawtell
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 1945 (1945-03)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Fighting Guardsman is a 1945 American historical adventure film directed by Henry Levin and starring Willard Parker, Anita Louise, Janis Carter and John Loder. Distributed by Columbia Pictures, it is a swashbuckler based on the 1857 novel The Companions of Jehu by Alexander Dumas.[1]

A French baron leads rebels like a Robin Hood, stealing Louis XVI's taxes to give to the poor. He is love with an aristocrat woman, Amelie, whose brother Gaston is determined to catch the thief.

Cast

Production

It was Parker's first lead role; he made it on his return from the army.[2] Leslie Brooks was to play a key role but fell ill and was replaced by Janis Carter.[3] Filming started in December 1944.[4]

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