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Mask of the Avenger

1951 film by Phil Karlson

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ6783380 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mask of the Avenger is a 1951 American historical adventure film directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Derek, Anthony Quinn and Jody Lawrance.

Derek portrays Renato Dimorna, an Italian who vows revenge after the murder of his aristocratic father Count Dimorna during the European political upheaval of 1848.

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Cast

John Derek as Capt.

Editorial summary

“Mask of the Avenger” enters the record as 1951 film by Phil Karlson. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mask, Avenger and film can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1951, 1848—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1951-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mask, Avenger and film.
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Why this record matters

“Mask of the Avenger” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mask, Avenger and film provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6783380. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1951 and 1848.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mask of the Avenger” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.