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
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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
Director
Clive Donner
Status
Released
Production
Edgar J. Scherick Associates
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
Joanna Dickens
Aunt Lulu
Dominic Jephcott
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Christopher Villiers
Lord Anthony Dewhurst
Geoffrey Toone
Marquis de St. Cyr
Sean Mathias
Dispatcher
Daphne Anderson
Lady Grenville
Tony Caunter
Pochard
Nick Brimble
Bibot
Athene Fielding
Noblewoman
Mark Drewry
Lord Timothy Hastings
Barrie Houghton
Executioner
Kate Howard
Countess de Beaulieu
Richard Charles
The Dauphin
Preston Lockwood
Duke
Iris Everson
Duchess
Gabrielle Parker
Marchioness
Derek Deadman
Handler
Carolyn Pertwee
Seamstress
Martine Copeland
Annette
Martin Wyldeck
Marquess
James Payne
Jailor
David Rolfe
2nd Major Domo
Gordon Gostelow
Duval
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