• Feature Film

• Type: Film
• Length: 91 minutes

• Source: The Scapegoat (Du Maurier book), Book

I was frankly appalled. And indeed, for a time, I almost wondered if the whole thing was a joke or leg-pull, just to see how the story would seem if it was played as a farce. Then I began to get angry. The whole point of the original story had gone.... Daphne Du Maurier

The Scapegoat is a 1959 feature film by English director, Robert Hamer, based on Daphne Du Maurier's novel, The Scapegoat. While travelling in France, an Englishman named John Braratt (played by Alex Guinness) meets his look-alike, a French count, Jean de Gue. Betty Davis has a supporting role playing a Countess. - AsNotedIn