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The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 9, 1982

Runtime

2h 22m

Genres

Action, Drama, Romance, TV Movie

User Score

69%

Original Title

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Production Companies

Edgar J. Scherick Associates

Director

Clive Donner

Description

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