The Scarlet Pimpernel

Name: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Genre: Romance, TV Movie, Adventure
Released: 1982-11-09
Duration: 2 h 22 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

2:22 (142 min)

Romance, TV Movie, Adventure

United Kingdom

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Production

Edgar J. Scherick Associates

Release date

9 November 1982

Director

Clive Donner

Scenario

Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Author

Producer

David Conroy

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Actors

Anthony Andrews

Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel

Jane Seymour

Marguerite St. Just

Ian McKellen

Chauvelin

James Villiers

Baron de Batz

Eleanor David

Louise

Malcolm Jamieson

Armand St. Just

Denis Lill

Count de Tournay

Ann Firbank

Countess de Tournay

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Short description

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