The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

6.7/10 142 min Romance TV Movie Adventure

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

Cast

Anthony Andrews

Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel

Jane Seymour

Marguerite St. Just

Ian McKellen

Chauvelin

James Villiers

Baron de Batz

Eleanor David

Louise

Malcolm Jamieson

Armand St. Just

Denis Lill

Count de Tournay

Ann Firbank

Countess de Tournay

Richard Morant

Robespierre

Julian Fellowes

The Prince Regent

Timothy Carlton

Count de Beaulieu

David Gant

Fouquet

John Quarmby

Ponceau

Carol MacReady

Mme. Duval

Tracey Childs

Suzanne

Dominic Jephcott

Sir Andrew Ffoulkes

Christopher Villiers

Lord Anthony Dewhurst

Geoffrey Toone

Marquis de St. Cyr

Sean Mathias

Dispatcher

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