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

The Scarlet Pimpernel

7.0 / 10 7.0 1934 1h 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

VISUAL NOTES

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CAST

The people behind the story

Leslie Howard

Leslie HowardSir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel

Merle Oberon

Merle OberonLady Marguerite Blakeney

Raymond Massey

Raymond MasseyChauvelin

Nigel Bruce

Nigel BruceThe Prince of Wales

Bramwell Fletcher

Bramwell FletcherThe Priest

Anthony Bushell

Anthony BushellSir Andrew Ffoulkes

Joan Gardner

Joan GardnerSuzanne de Tournay

Walter Rilla

Walter RillaArmand St. Just