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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

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Average Rating: 6.6/10
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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

Directed By: Harold Young

In Theaters: Feb 7, 1935 Wide

On DVD: Aug 25, 1998

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Cast

Leslie Howard
Scarlet Pimpernel/Sir P...
Merle Oberon
Marguerite Blakeney
Raymond Massey
Chauvelin
Nigel Bruce
Prince of Wales
O.B. Clarence
Count de Tournay
Bramwell Fletcher
Priest
Joan Gardner
Suzanne de Tournay
Walter Rilia
Armand St. Just
Anthony Bushell
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Ernest Milton
Robespierre
John Turnbull
Jellyband
Melville Cooper
Romney
Mabel Terry-Lewis
Countess de Tournay
Edmund Breon
Col. Winterbottom
Allan Jeayes
Lord Grenville
Edmund Willard
Bibot
Bruce Belfrage
Pitt
A. Bromley Davenport
French Innkeeper
Derrick De Marney
Members of the Pimperne...
Hugh Dempster
Hindle P. Edgar
Lord Wilmot
Morland Graham
Treadle
Lawrence Hanray
Burke
Carl Harbord
Gibb McLaughlin
The Barber
Gertrude Musgrove
Jellyband's Daughter
Bill Shine
An Aristocrat
Philip Strange
Harry Terry
"Renad"
Peter Evan Thomas
Brember Wills
Doman
Wiliam Freshman
Lord Hastings
Renee Macready
Lady Q
Arthur Hambling
Captain of the Guard
Kenneth Kove
"Codlin"
Douglas Stewart
"Merieres"

Critic Reviews for The Scarlet Pimpernel

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (1) | DVD (5)

Robust as an action packed hero tale and love story.

February 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Howard is fabulously foppish.

September 20, 2002 Comment

Luanne Brown

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Well made and acted but the Anthony Andrews/Jane Seymour version is better.

March 23, 2008

jay nixon

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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, 2011

Marion Ravenwood

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