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The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

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

Genres

DramaAdventure

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

20 December 1934

Country

United Kingdom

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

Ernest Milton

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)

Hindle Edgar

Hindle Edgar

Lord Wilmot

William Freshman

William Freshman

Lord Hastings

A. Bromley Davenport

A. Bromley Davenport

French innkeeper (Brogard)

Allan Jeayes

Allan Jeayes

Lord Grenville

John Turnbull

John Turnbull

Jellyband

Gertrude Musgrove

Gertrude Musgrove

Sally - Jellyband's Daughter

Morland Graham

Morland Graham

Treadle the tailor

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