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

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

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

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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Cast & Crew

Director
Harold Young
  • Profile picture of Leslie Howard
    Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel Leslie Howard
  • Profile picture of Merle Oberon
    Lady Marguerite Blakeney Merle Oberon
  • Profile picture of Raymond Massey
    Chauvelin Raymond Massey
  • Profile picture of Nigel Bruce
    The Prince of Wales Nigel Bruce
  • Profile picture of Bramwell Fletcher
    The Priest Bramwell Fletcher
  • Profile picture of Anthony Bushell
    Sir Andrew Ffoulkes Anthony Bushell
  • Profile picture of Joan Gardner
    Suzanne de Tournay Joan Gardner
  • Profile picture of Walter Rilla
    Armand St. Just Walter Rilla

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  • reign of terror
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  • 1790s