Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: Feb 7, 1935 Wide
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This film from director Harold Young is the second big-screen adaptation of Baroness Emmuska Orczy's 1905 novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. Leslie Howard stars as Sir Percy Blakeney, a British aristocrat who rescues innocent victims of the French Revolution under the guise of The Scarlet Pimpernel while maintaining the identity of a foppish dandy by day. Even his wife, Lady Marguerite Blakeney (Merle Oberon), is unaware of Percy's heroic alter-ego as he and his band of likeminded masked men save
Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.
Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Classics, Comedy, Documentary, Drama
Feb 7, 1935 Wide
Aug 25, 1998
A & E
All Critics (9) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (1) | DVD (5)
Robust as an action packed hero tale and love story.
Howard is fabulously foppish.
Well made and acted but the Anthony Andrews/Jane Seymour version is better.
March 23, 2008
Super Reviewer
There were no actions scenes, and I was confused as to how Chauvelin found out that Percy was the Scarlet Pimpernel. It's boring and not really worth a watch.
January 28, 2011Super Reviewer
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