The Scarlet Pimpernel Poster

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Starring: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David

Writer: Baroness Emmuska Orczy, William Bast

Release Date:
November 9, 1982
Ratings:
6.7 / 10
Director:
Clive Donner
Companies:
Edgar J. Scherick Associates

Overview

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