Under the Red Robe

The $1,500,000 Picture That makes you see, feel, actually live the tumultuous scenes of romance and intrigue screened from Stanley Weyman's thrilling masterpiece of the Old France and the great Cardinal Richelieu.

100 mins
A young man is tasked by the powerful Cardinal Richelieu to capture one of the cardinal's enemies but falls in love with his target's sister. The film marks the last motion picture appearance by stage actor Robert B. Mantell who plays Cardinal Richelieu and the only silent screen performance of opera singer John Charles Thomas.

Robert B. Mantell

Cardinal Richelieu

Alma Rubens

Renee de Cocheforet

Otto Kruger

Henri de Cocheforet

John Charles Thomas

Gil De Berault

William Powell

Duke of Orleans

Mary MacLaren

Anne of Austria

Paul Panzer

French Army Lieutenant

Ian Maclaren

King Louis XIII

Genevieve Hamper

Duchesse de Chevreuse

Sidney Herbert

Father Joseph

Arthur Housman

Captain La Rolle

Evelyn Gosnell

Madame de Cocheforet

Rose Coghlan

(uncredited)

Frank DeVernon

(uncredited)

Byron Douglas

(uncredited)

Martin Faust

(uncredited)

Helen Mack

(uncredited)

Arthur Dewey

Captain of King's Guard

Andrew Dillon

Captain of Cardinal's Guard

Gilbert Warrenton

Director of Photography

Gretl Urban Thurlow

Costume Design

Harold Wenstrom

Director of Photography

William Frederick Peters

Original Music Composer

Joseph Urban

Art Direction

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