DramaAdventure

The Scarlet Pimpernel

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

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.

Release Date : 1934-12-20

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : London Films Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel

Original Name : Leslie Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Marguerite Blakeney

Original Name : Merle Oberon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chauvelin

Original Name : Raymond Massey

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Prince of Wales

Original Name : Nigel Bruce

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Priest

Original Name : Bramwell Fletcher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Andrew Ffoulkes

Original Name : Anthony Bushell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Suzanne de Tournay

Original Name : Joan Gardner

Gender : Female

Character Name : Armand St. Just

Original Name : Walter Rilla

Gender : Male

Character Name : Countess de Tournay

Original Name : Mabel Terry-Lewis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Count de Tournay

Original Name : O.B. Clarence

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robespierre

Original Name : Ernest Milton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Col. Winterbottom

Original Name : Edmund Breon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Romney

Original Name : Melville Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Barber

Original Name : Gibb McLaughlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Treadle

Original Name : Morland Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doman (uncredited)

Original Name : Brember Wills

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Wilmot

Original Name : Hindle Edgar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Hastings

Original Name : William Freshman

Gender : Male

Character Name : French innkeeper (Brogard)

Original Name : A. Bromley Davenport

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Grenville

Original Name : Allan Jeayes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jellyband

Original Name : John Turnbull

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sally - Jellyband's Daughter

Original Name : Gertrude Musgrove

Gender : Female

Character Name : Treadle the tailor

Original Name : Morland Graham

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-13

Leslie Howard portrays the ultimate good Samaritan in this enjoyable Alexander Korda adaptation of Baroness Orczy's tale of the murderous aftermath of the French Revolution. Married to the glamorous Merle Oberon, whom he believes selfishly betrayed the "St. Cyr" family to the guillotine, he, and his gang of lieutenants, daringly rescue aristocrats from under the very noses of the evil "Chauvelin" (Raymond Massey). Soon they are all walking a very tight rope between freedom and death after "Chauvelin" is sent to London to track down the "Scarlet Pimpernel" and where he tricks Oberon into betraying our intrepid rescuers. Howard is at times a little too theatrical with his foppish - "sink me" characterisation but Harold Young still creates a wonderfully tense drama with great performances from a particularly menacing Massey, and the supporting cast - Nigel Bruce amongst them - make this, for my money, the best silver screen adaptation of this novel.