Movie
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Overview
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
Details
- Release date
- 1982-11-09
- Runtime
- 142 min
- Genres
- Romance, TV Movie, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Edgar J. Scherick Associates
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Jane Seymour as Marguerite St. Just
- Ian McKellen as Chauvelin
- James Villiers as Baron de Batz
- Eleanor David as Louise
- Malcolm Jamieson as Armand St. Just
- Denis Lill as Count de Tournay
- Ann Firbank as Countess de Tournay
- Richard Morant as Robespierre
- Julian Fellowes as The Prince Regent
- Timothy Carlton as Count de Beaulieu
- David Gant as Fouquet
Crew
- Clive Donner - Director
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