The Corsican Brothers (1941 film)
- The Corsican Brothers (1941 film)
Infobox Film
name = The Corsican Brothers
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director = Gregory Ratoff
producer = Edward Small
writer = Alexandre Dumas, père (story)
George Bruce
Howard Estabrook
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starring = Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Ruth Warrick
Akim Tamiroff
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released = November 28 1941
runtime = 111 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0033490
"The Corsican Brothers" is a 1941 swashbuckler film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in a dual role as the title Siamese twins, separated at birth and raised in completely different circumstances. Both thirst for revenge against the man who killed their parents, both fall in love with the same woman, the former played by Akim Tamiroff, the latter by Ruth Warrick. The story is based on the story of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père.
Dimitri Tiomkin was nominated for an Academy Award for Original Music Score (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture).
Cast
*Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Lucien and Mario Franchi
*Ruth Warrick as Countess Isabelle Gravini
*Akim Tamiroff as Colonna
*J. Carroll Naish as Lorenzo
*H. B. Warner as Dr. Enrico Paoli
*John Emery as Tomasso
*Henry Wilcoxon as Count Victor Franchi
*Gloria Holden as Countess Franchi
External links
*tcmdb title|id=71539|title=The Corsican Brothers
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