Trivia

After his success in The Three Musketeers (1948), Gene Kelly was initially slated to star in a musical version of the Sabatini story. Fernando Lamas and Ricardo Montalban were subsequently cast before the studio cast new studio contractee Stewart Granger . Granger had seen the original, silent version of Scaramouche (1923) as a ten-year-old boy in England and it had a strong effect on him. When he heard M-G-M was going to remake the film, he arranged a deal with the studio in which he would sign an exclusive contract, if he was given the lead in the new film. This meant the film could no longer be a musical and more emphasis was given to the action, thanks to Granger's athleticism. Gene Kelly had to move on to another musical project, 萬花嬉春 (1952). See more