

105 minutes
8/19/1949
A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.

Orson Welles
as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro

Nancy Guild
as Marie Antoinette / Lorenza

Akim Tamiroff
as Gitano

Frank Latimore
as Gilbert de Rezel

Valentina Cortese
as Zoraida

Margot Grahame
as Mme. du Barry

Stephen Bekassy
as Viscount de Montagne

Berry Kroeger
as Alexandre Dumas, Sr.

Gregory Gaye
as Chambord / Monk (as Gregory Gay)

Raymond Burr
as Alexandre Dumas, Jr.

Charles Goldner
as Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer
Lee Kresel
as King Louis XVI / Innkeeper
Robert Atkins
as King Louis XV
Nicholas Bruce
as De Remy
Franco Corsaro
as Chico
Annielo Mele
as Joseph Balsamo as a Child

Ronald Adam
as Court President

Bruce Belfrage
as Crown Prosecutor
Alexander Danaroff
as Dr. Duval / Baron von Minden

Leonardo Scavino
as Gaston / Beniamino Balsamo (as Leon Lenoir)

Tamara Shayne
as Maria Balsamo
Joop van Hulzen
as Minister of Justice
Peter Trent
as Dr. Mesmer's Friend
Giuseppe Varni
as Boehmer

Tatyana Pavlova
as Grieving Mother

Harriet Medin
as (uncredited)
Valentino Bruchi
as (uncredited)

Ludmilla Dudarova
as (uncredited)

Rosina Galli
as (uncredited)

Silvana Mangano
as (uncredited)
Filippo Minelli
as (uncredited)
Michele Sakara
as (uncredited)

Nicholas Soussanin
as (uncredited)

Milly Vitale
as (uncredited)