The Scarlet Pimpernel

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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

NR 02/07/1935 (US) Drama, Adventure 1h 37m

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

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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
Merle Oberon

Lady Marguerite Blakeney
Raymond Massey

Chauvelin
Nigel Bruce

The Prince of Wales
Bramwell Fletcher

The Priest
Anthony Bushell

Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Joan Gardner

Suzanne de Tournay
Walter Rilla

Armand St. Just
Mabel Terry-Lewis

Countess de Tournay
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Written by CinemaSerf on June 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... read the rest.

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