I Will Repay (film)

I Will Repay
Directed by	Henry Kolker
Written by	Emma Orczy Isabel Johnston Kinchen Wood
Starring	Holmes Herbert Flora le Breton Pedro de Cordoba Ivan Samson
Production company	Ideal Film Company
Distributed by	Ideal Film Company (UK) FBO (US)
Release dates	1923 (UK) 12 July 1924 (US)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

I Will Repay is a 1923 British silent period film directed by Henry Kolker and starring Holmes Herbert, Flora le Breton and Pedro de Cordoba. It was based on the 1906 novel I Will Repay by Emma Orczy, which is a sequel to The Scarlet Pimpernel (part of a large series of such novels). It was released under the alternative title Swords and the Woman

Plot

The film takes place in Paris, 1793: during the Reign of Terror. Paul de Roulade (Pedro de Cordoba) is a hero to the Proletariat, who cry him 'Citizen de Roulade'. One evening he gets into an argument with the Vicomte de Marny over the virtues of a dancing girl; this leads to a fight (provoked by the viscount), forcing Paul to kill the nobleman. The viscount's sister Juliette de Marny (Flora le Breton) swears revenge: to achieve this, she infiltrates the de Roulade household and beguiles Paul into falling in love with her.

It is revealed that Paul has secret Royalist sympathies and, wary of the bloodshed, he decides to smuggle Marie Antoinette out of France . To do this, he enlists the aid of none other than the Scarlet Pimpernel (Holmes Herbert).

When Juliette learns of Paul's intrigue, she realises that this is her chance to get revenge by betraying him to the Jacquards. Or will she fall in love with him as he has with her? Meanwhile, we get a few scenes of Charlotte Corday on trial for the murder of Marat.

Cast

• Holmes Herbert - Sir Percy Blakeney
• Flora le Breton - Juliette de Mornay
• Pedro de Cordoba - Paul Deroulede
• Ivan Samson - Viscount de Mornay
• A.B. Imeson - Tinville
• Georges Tréville - Duc de Mornay
• Robert Lang - Villefranche

External links

• I Will Repay at IMDb