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The Scarlet Letter

When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.

1995 · R · 2h 15m

Directed by Roland Joffé

6.1

TMDB audience score
544 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.

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Cast

  • Demi Moore
    Hester Prynne

  • Gary Oldman
    Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

  • Robert Duvall
    Roger Chillingworth

  • Lisa Andoh
    Mituba

  • Edward Hardwicke
    Gov. John Bellingham

  • Robert Prosky
    Horace Stonehall

  • Roy Dotrice
    Rev. Thomas Cheever

  • Joan Plowright
    Harriet Hibbons

  • Malcolm Storry
    Maj. Dunsmuir

  • James Bearden
    Goodman Mortimer

  • Larissa Laskin
    Goody Mortimer

  • Amy Wright
    Goody Gotwick

  • George Aguilar
    Johnny Sassamon

  • Tim Woodward
    Brewster Stonehall

  • Joan Gregson
    Elizabeth Cheever

  • Dana Ivey
    Meredith Stonehall

  • Diane Salinger
    Margaret Bellingham

  • Jocelyn Cunningham
    Mary Rollings