The Scapegoat Poster

The Scapegoat (1959)

NR 08/06/1959 Mystery, Crime, Thriller 1h 32m
68%
User
Score
6.8/10

He took another man's name... lived another man's life... loved another man's woman!

Overview

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

Robert Hamer

Director

Top Billed Cast

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

John Barratt / Jacques De Gue

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Countess

Nicole Maurey

Nicole Maurey

Bela

Irene Worth

Irene Worth

Francoise

Pamela Brown

Pamela Brown

Blanche

Annabel Bartlett

Annabel Bartlett

Marie-Noel

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Gaston

Noel Howlett

Noel Howlett

Dr. Aloin

Peter Bull

Peter Bull

Aristide

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Media

The Scapegoat - Trailer

The Scapegoat - Trailer

The Scapegoat (Preview Clip)

The Scapegoat (Preview Clip)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on April 4, 2022

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 morning, "Barratt" wakes up and there is no sign of his roommate. Next thing, a chauffeur arrives and, assuming he is the aristocratic version of himself, takes him to their chateau where he meets the (his) family. Clearly he is being manipulated, but why and by whom? It does not take him long to realise that this family is pretty dysfunctional - lead by the morphine-addicted "Countess" (Bette Davis in her best Elizabeth I form), with his wife , his mistress and his daughter all adding to this famili...

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