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The Scarlet Pimpernel

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

7.0/ 1019341h 37mNR

DramaAdventure

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.

Directed by Harold Young

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The cast

Faces behind the story

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