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The Scarlet Pimpernel

1982 · PG · 2h 22m

Directed by Clive Donner

6.8

TMDB audience score
53 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin

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Cast

  • Anthony Andrews
    Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel

  • Jane Seymour
    Marguerite St. Just

  • Ian McKellen
    Chauvelin

  • James Villiers
    Baron de Batz

  • Eleanor David
    Louise

  • Malcolm Jamieson
    Armand St. Just

  • Denis Lill
    Count de Tournay

  • Ann Firbank
    Countess de Tournay

  • Richard Morant
    Robespierre

  • Julian Fellowes
    The Prince Regent

  • Timothy Carlton
    Count de Beaulieu

  • David Gant
    Fouquet

  • John Quarmby
    Ponceau

  • Carol MacReady
    Mme. Duval

  • Tracey Childs
    Suzanne

  • Joanna Dickens
    Aunt Lulu

  • Dominic Jephcott
    Sir Andrew Ffoulkes

  • Christopher Villiers
    Lord Anthony Dewhurst