The Scarlet Pimpernel
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

20/12/1934 (GB)
Drama, Adventure
1h 37m

Match courage with courage... meet cunning with cunning!

Overview

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.

  • Harold YoungDirector
  • Lajos BirĂ³Writer
  • S. N. BehrmanWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • husband wife relationship
  • double life
  • secret identity
  • french revolution
  • guillotine
  • dandy
  • aristocrat
  • 18th century
  • troubled marriage
  • scarlet pimpernel
  • reign of terror
  • fop
  • 1790s

Top Billed Cast

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel

Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

Lady Marguerite Blakeney

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

Chauvelin

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

The Prince of Wales

Bramwell Fletcher

Bramwell Fletcher

The Priest

Anthony Bushell

Anthony Bushell

Sir Andrew Ffoulkes

Joan Gardner

Joan Gardner

Suzanne de Tournay

Walter Rilla

Walter Rilla

Armand St. Just

Mabel Terry-Lewis

Mabel Terry-Lewis

Countess de Tournay

O.B. Clarence

O.B. Clarence

Count de Tournay

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