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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

Drama Adventure

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

Release Date: 1934, December 20
Directors: Harold Young
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: London Films Productions
Cast: Leslie Howard, Nigel Bruce, Melville Cooper, Raymond Massey, Merle Oberon, Edmund Breon, John Turnbull, Walter Rilla, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell, Gibb McLaughlin, Allan Jeayes

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

secret identity 18th century double life aristocrat husband wife relationship french revolution guillotine troubled marriage reign of terror dandy scarlet pimpernel fop