Devil in Velvet
Cast & Crew
Larry Crane
Edmund Nightwood
Bernard Gilmore
Peter Bradford
Luke St. Clair
Mary Macken
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Synopsis
The Marquis de Sade is brought to trial before Chancellor Marboeuf on charges of poisoning three prostitutes after a bawdy-house orgy. As the witnesses file past, the Marquis' strange and imaginative sexual practices are revealed, along with his outrageous sense of humor. After the orgy in question, each girl was presented with a box of candies, which the plaintiffs claim were poisoned. The testimony reveals that the candies actually contained a laxative. It becomes evident that the Marquis' gross sensualism is devoid of malice, and the Chancellor becomes convinced that the charges against him are an insult to the nobility of France. Before sentence is passed, however, the Marquis is permitted to speak. The contempt he expresses for the entire court enrages the judge, who sentences him to life imprisonment in the Bastille. Having spent 13 years in confinement, The Marquis makes imprudent remarks about the prison governor, and he is transferred to the Asylum for the Insane at Charenton 11 days before the Revolution would have freed him. Regretfully, he contemplates his former life.
Director
Larry Crane
Cast
Edmund Nightwood
Bernard Gilmore
Peter Bradford
Luke St. Clair
Mary Macken
Christine Cybelle
Lou Champion
Millie Pitt
Darlene Cotton
Pauline Marvel
Gloria Singer
Irina
Ian Orlando Macbeth
Calvin Beck
Jack Kugel
June Kent
Natasha
Betty Thomas
Eva
Dmitri Nikas
John Mathews
Karl Steen
Crew
Walter M. Berger
Lou Campa
Larry Crane
Larry Crane
Lorenzo Fuller
Ian Macbeth
Ian Macbeth
Ian Orlando Macbeth
Dave Mckenna
Donald Purdy
Fred Speone
Thomas Truvato
Lew Waldeck
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Notes
Role of the Marquis de Sade apparently uncredited.
