The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934 97 min ★ 7.0 Drama, Adventure

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.

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Cast

Leslie Howard

Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel

Merle Oberon

Lady Marguerite Blakeney

Raymond Massey

Chauvelin

Nigel Bruce

The Prince of Wales

Bramwell Fletcher

The Priest

Anthony Bushell

Sir Andrew Ffoulkes

Joan Gardner

Suzanne de Tournay

Walter Rilla

Armand St. Just

Mabel Terry-Lewis

Countess de Tournay

O.B. Clarence

Count de Tournay

Details

Director

Harold Young

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

London Films Productions

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

June 13, 2022

★ 7/10

Leslie Howard portrays the ultimate good Samaritan in this enjoyable Alexander Korda adaptation of Baroness Orczy's tale of the murderous aftermath of the French Revolution. Married to the glamorous Merle Oberon, whom he believes selfishly betrayed the "St. Cyr" family to the guillotine, he, and his gang of lieutenants, daringly rescue aristocrats from under the very noses of the evil "Chauvelin" ...