Scaramouche Best Sword Fight Scene Ever Period 1952

Possibly the best climatic sword fight ever in a movie. This movie has it all, action, love, adventure, humor, story by Rafael Sabatini and a solid cast. It's hard not to enjoy a movie of this quality no matter who and how old you are. Scaramouche a top quality film that is slowly being forgotten and shouldn't.

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• Scaramouche
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• 1952
• Stewart Granger
• Janet Leigh
• Rafael Sabatin
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[ChadLeeP51]

More like worst fight scene ever.

[BestFilmsofCentury]

@ChadLeeP51 I say good day to you sir.

[DreadedGuardian]

This is a fun movie, but this fight hardly compares to Tyrone Powers vs. Basil Rathbone.

[BestFilmsofCentury]

@DreadedGuardian Good movie, but IMO this is better. They don't speed up the FPS in Scaramouche and the choreography I think is cooler, but they both are quite impressive compared to most movies these days.

[Ninjasqrlgirl]

The first time I heard of this movie was when I joined my school's fencing team in college. The coaches talked about this movie, the senior fencers talked about this movie, and opposing team fencers and coaches would talk about this movie and specifically this scene. When I finally got a copy of this movie....I would talk to new fencers about this movie. This is definitely the best fencing scene in any movie.

[Mysidia79]

@TieLandProductions Sorry you didn't get the movie reference. Red Sonja.

[LokitheCajun]

@Lostprophetzzz I've been in a couple fistfights, but nothing life threatening, so I can't say I know much about it. But just because they aren't showing ferocity doesn't mean they're holding anything back. Quite the opposite in fact, for trying your damdest to kill someone neither necessitates nor excludes ferocity.

[Lostprophetzzz]

@LokitheCajun don't know what you know about actual combat but no matter what the type of fight it is if the combatants are trying to kill each other than they aren't going to hold ANYTHING back....

[LokitheCajun]

@Lostprophetzzz There shouldn't be 'ferocity' in a gentleman's duel, which this scene successfully depicts..... By the way, I imagine the stagehands had a bone to pick with the duelists after it was over.....

[LokitheCajun]

@BestFilmsofCentury The sound effects are really, really off, but technicalities aside, it really is the best sword fight in any movie. ever.

[Lostprophetzzz]

@BestFilmsofCentury sorry.... i couldn't disagree more.

this is pretty good....

but it's missing something....

there's no ferocity....

you could change the dialogue to make it look like this is just a complicated exercise drill and no-one would know the difference....

they just don't quite look like they're fighting....

the mark of great choreography is making it look like there is NO choreography... and that the two are just fighting.....

this doesn't have that

[Veyron722skyhook]

The fights good. The only thing that lets it down is the sword sounds.

[UncleMikeNJ]

Terrific movie, and a chance to see Janet Leigh in full magnificent color.

I was about to post this as a 100th Birthday tribute to Jose Ferrer... and then I saw that this is Mel Ferrer. Oh well.

[ragenlove93]

YOU SHOULD SEE THE WHOLE MOVIE.