Dangerous Beauty

Dangerous Beauty
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMarshall Herskovitz
Screenplay byJeannine Dominy
Based onThe Honest Courtesan
by Margaret Rosenthal
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBojan Bazelli
Edited bySteven Rosenblum
Music byGeorge Fenton
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • February 20, 1998 (1998-02-20)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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 video release.