The Scapegoat

Alec Guinness has double trouble in this stylish mystery thriller costarring Bette Davis, based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier (Rebecca). When John Barratt (Guinness) meets Count Jacques De Gu (Guinness again) while vacationing in the South of France,the lonely university professor cant believe his eyesthe Count is his exact double! But when Barratt awakens after a night of heavy drinking, he finds De Gu has vanished, leaving the professor in his place. Unable to convince anyone that hes not theCount, Barratt has no choice but to go along with the sham, fooling De Gus friends and family, including his drug-addled mother (Davis) and jittery rich wife (Irene Worth). But its only when he uncovers the Counts marriage contract that Barratt slowlytumbles onto De Gus scheme: to murder his wife, run off with his mistress (Nicole Maurey) and dispose of his gullible double. **Please be aware that this is a manufactured on demand disc that was created using a DVD-Rdisc. It should play in all standard DVD players.