Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 142 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
The story
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
- french revolution
- 18th century
- scarlet pimpernel
The bill
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
- Directed
- Clive Donner
- Written
- William Bast
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 51 ratings
- Studio
- Edgar J. Scherick Associates
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