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Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 70% of the 362 1930s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
72 audience votes
Key crew
- Arthur BenjaminOriginal Music Composer
- Lajos BiróWriter
- S. N. BehrmanWriter
- Robert E. SherwoodWriter
- Arthur WimperisWriter
- Harold YoungDirector
Cast
- Leslie HowardSir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Merle OberonLady Marguerite Blakeney
- Raymond MasseyChauvelin
- Nigel BruceThe Prince of Wales
- Bramwell FletcherThe Priest
- Anthony BushellSir Andrew Ffoulkes
- Joan GardnerSuzanne de Tournay
- Walter RillaArmand St. Just
- Mabel Terry-LewisCountess de Tournay
- O.B. ClarenceCount de Tournay
- Ernest MiltonRobespierre
- Edmund BreonCol. Winterbottom
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Themes
husband wife relationshipdouble lifesecret identityfrench revolutionguillotinedandyaristocrat18th centurytroubled marriagescarlet pimpernelreign of terrorfop