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The Scarlet Pimpernel( 1934)

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

Overview

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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      Leslie Howard

      Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel

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      Merle Oberon

      Lady Marguerite Blakeney

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      Raymond Massey

      Chauvelin

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      Nigel Bruce

      The Prince of Wales

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      Bramwell Fletcher

      The Priest

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      Anthony Bushell

      Sir Andrew Ffoulkes

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      Joan Gardner

      Suzanne de Tournay

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      Walter Rilla

      Armand St. Just

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      Mabel Terry-Lewis

      Countess de Tournay

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      O.B. Clarence

      Count de Tournay

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      Ernest Milton

      Robespierre

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      Edmund Breon

      Col. Winterbottom

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      Melville Cooper

      Romney

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      Gibb McLaughlin

      The Barber

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      Morland Graham

      Treadle

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      Brember Wills

      Doman (uncredited)

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      Hindle Edgar

      Lord Wilmot

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      William Freshman

      Lord Hastings

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      A. Bromley Davenport

      French innkeeper (Brogard)

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      Allan Jeayes

      Lord Grenville

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      John Turnbull

      Jellyband

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      Gertrude Musgrove

      Sally - Jellyband's Daughter

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      Morland Graham

      Treadle the tailor

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 13 2022
    Leslie Howard portrays the ultimate good Samaritan in this enjoyable Alexander Korda adaptation of Baroness Orczy's tale of the murderous aftermath of the French Revolution. Married to the glamorous Merle Oberon, whom he believes selfishly betrayed the "St. Cyr" family to the guillotine, he, and his gang of lieutenants, daringly rescue aristocrats from under the very noses of the evil "Chauvelin" (Raymond Massey). Soon they are all walking a very tight rope between freedom and death after "Chauvelin" is sent to London to track down the "Scarlet Pimpernel" and where he tricks Oberon into betrayi...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • husband wife relationship
    • double life
    • secret identity
    • french revolution
    • guillotine
    • dandy
    • aristocrat
    • 18th century
    • troubled marriage
    • scarlet pimpernel
    • reign of terror
    • fop
    • 1790s