The Scarlet Pimpernel
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- Runtime
- 142 mins
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
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
Cast
- Anthony Andrews
- Jane Seymour
- Ian McKellen
- James Villiers
- Eleanor David
- Malcolm Jamieson
- Denis Lill
- Ann Firbank
- Richard Morant
- Julian Fellowes
- Timothy Carlton
- David Gant
- John Quarmby
- Carol MacReady
- Tracey Childs
- Joanna Dickens
- Dominic Jephcott
- Christopher Villiers
- Geoffrey Toone
- Sean Mathias
- Daphne Anderson
- Tony Caunter
- Nick Brimble
- Athene Fielding
- Mark Drewry
- Barrie Houghton
- Kate Howard
- Richard Charles
- Preston Lockwood
- Iris Everson
- Gabrielle Parker
- Derek Deadman
- Carolyn Pertwee
- Martine Copeland
- Martin Wyldeck
- James Payne
- David Rolfe
- Gordon Gostelow
Director
- Clive Donner
Producers
- David Conroy
