Dangerous Beauty

Dangerous Beauty
Dangerous Beauty
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Marshall Herskovitz
Screenplay by	Jeannine Dominy
Based on	The Honest Courtesan; by Margaret Rosenthal
Produced by	Marshall Herskovitz; Edward Zwick; Arnon Milchan; Sarah Caplan;
Starring	Catherine McCormack; Rufus Sewell; Oliver Platt; Moira Kelly; Fred Ward; Jacqueline Bisset;
Cinematography	Bojan Bazelli
Edited by	Steven Rosenblum
Music by	George Fenton
Production; companies	Regency Enterprises; Bedford Falls Productions;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. (United States and Canada); 20th Century Fox (International);
Release date	February 20, 1998;
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8 million (estimated)
Box office	$4 million

Dangerous Beauty is a 1998 American biographical drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz, and starring Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell and Oliver Platt. Based on the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal, the film is about Veronica Franco, a courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice who becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft. The film features a supporting cast that includes Fred Ward, Naomi Watts, Moira Kelly and Jacqueline Bisset. The film was released as A Destiny of Her Own in some regions, and was retitled The Honest Courtesan for its UK release.