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 (1998-02-20)
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 video release.