The Scapegoat

An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.

Cast

Alec Guinness

as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue

Bette Davis

as Countess

Nicole Maurey

as Bela

Irene Worth

as Francoise

Pamela Brown

as Blanche

Annabel Bartlett

as Marie-Noel

Geoffrey Keen

as Gaston

Noel Howlett

as Dr. Aloin

Peter Bull

as Aristide

Leslie French

as Lacoste

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Alec Guinness walks into a bar where he encounters his doppelgänger. They might be twins. His "Barratt" character is a teacher of French at an British university, his mirror image an impoverished local aristocrat. The two drink together, then end up sharing the latter man's hotel room. In the mornin...

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