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The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel
★ 7.0/10•1934•1h 37m•NR•Drama•Adventure

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

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.

Lajos Biró · Writer

S. N. Behrman · Writer

Robert E. Sherwood · Writer

Arthur Wimperis · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 37m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 20, 1934

Actors

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

Ernest Milton

Robespierre

Edmund Breon

Edmund Breon

Col. Winterbottom

Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

Romney

Gibb McLaughlin

Gibb McLaughlin

The Barber

Morland Graham

Morland Graham

Treadle

Brember Wills

Brember Wills

Doman (uncredited)

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