'The Coward' is a period comedy set in 18th-century England. A cowardly young gentleman named Lucidus initiates a pistol duel then finds that he can't go through with it. So he hires a common criminal to fight in his place, only to have the scoundrel make a bloody mess of things. As duel follows duel with many shots fired, this coward finds his reputation growing beyond his wildest expectations.
Added by Upcoming Robot on November 16, 2010