Leslie Howard
Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
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A classic adventure drama based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's novel about a nobleman who rescues aristocrats from the French Revolution. Starring Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon and Raymond Massey, directed by Harold Young.
- (4.6K)
- Harold Young
- Not Rated
- Adventure, Drama
Nov 9, 1982 · A TV movie based on the novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, starring Anthony Andrews as the mysterious hero who rescues French aristocrats from the guillotine. The movie features Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, and James Villiers, and won a Primetime Emmy.
- (5.2K)
- Clive Donner
- Not Rated
- Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian Mckellen
The Scarlet Pimpernel, their mysterious leader, is Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English baronet and friend of the Prince of Wales. Sir Percy cultivates the image of a fop to conceal his identity. Not even his wife Marguerite, a former noted French actress, suspects the truth.
- £81,000
- Arthur Benjamin
- Alexander Korda
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 British romantic adventure television film set during the French Revolution. It is based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) and Eldorado (1913) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy , and stars Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney/the Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist, Jane Seymour as Marguerite St.
- Nick Bicât
- David Conroy
- 9 November 1982 (US)
- London Films
The Scarlet Pimpernel: With Richard E. Grant, Ronan Vibert, Gerard Murphy, Ron Donachie. During the turmoil of the French Revolution, English aristocrat Percy Blakeney, often aided by his League of friends, secretly undertakes various daring missions as the Scarlet Pimpernel.
- (1.3K)
- 59 sec
- TV-14
- 31
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The best known of the Pimpernel movies is the 1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Leslie Howard, which is often considered the definitive portrayal and adaptation. Films. In 1923, Fred Terry and Julia Nelson bought the sole performance right to a stageplay based on The Scarlet Pimpernel. Orczy sued the two in an attempt to claim a separate ...
A movie adaptation of the novel by Baroness Orczy, starring Anthony Andrews as a British nobleman who fights for the French aristocrats during the Revolution. The film has positive reviews from critics and audiences, and features Ian McKellen as the villainous Chauvelin.
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