The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
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Swordplay, secret messages, and the rustle of ballroom finery make this 1982 adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel a gala bash. Anthony Andrews heads the cast as English nobleman Sir Percy Blakeney, a conceited but amusing fop in the drawing rooms of British high society. But beneath his veneer of… More Swordplay, secret messages, and the rustle of ballroom finery make this 1982 adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel a gala bash. Anthony Andrews heads the cast as English nobleman Sir Percy Blakeney, a conceited but amusing fop in the drawing rooms of British high society. But beneath his veneer of lacy impertinence is a man of bravado and derring-do. In disguise, he becomes the Pimpernel -- ta-da! -- and steals into France to rescue aristocrats condemned to the guillotine during the French Revolution. After each rescue, he leaves behind a scarlet pimpernel, a flower whose petals close at the approach of stormy weather. He also uses a signet ring engraved with a scarlet pimpernel to identify himself on the sealing wax of letters to compatriots. It is all jolly-good intrigue. Because he cloaks his schemes in great secrecy, not even his new wife Marguerite (Jane Seymour) realizes he is anything more than an innocuous dandy. Frustrated, the French send the ruthless Chauvelin (Ian McKellen) to England to serve as ambassador and ferret out the elusive Pimpernel. In a plot that ensnares Marguerite and closes the Pimpernel's petals, Chauvelin finally confronts his clever adversary, and it's en garde -- parry and thrust! ~ Mike Cummings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Clive Donner
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Television, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 9, 1982 Wide
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Cast
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Jane Seymour
as Marguerite
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Anthony Andrews
as Scarlet Pimpernel/Sir Percy Blakeney
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Ian McKellen
as Chauvelin
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Daphne Anderson
as Lady Grenville
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Nick Brimble
as Bibot
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Tracey Childs
as Suzanne
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Eleanor David
as Louise
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Derek Deadman
as Handler
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Joanna Dickens
as Aunt Lulu
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Julian Fellowes
as The Prince Regent
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Ann Firbank
as Countess de Tournay
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David Gant
as Fouquet
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Barrie Houghton (II)
as Executioner
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Malcolm Jamieson
as Armand
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Dominic Jephcott
as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
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Dennis Lili
as Count de Tournay
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Preston Lockwood
as Duke
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Richard Morant
as Robespierre
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Geoffrey Toone
as Marquis de St. Cyr
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Christopher Villiers
as Lord Anthony Dewhurst
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James Villiers
as Baron de Baats
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Martin Wyldeck
as Marquess
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Kate Howard
as Countess de Beaulieu
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Richard Charles
as The Dauphin
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Mark Drewry
as Lord Timothy Hastings
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Gordon Gostelow
as Duval
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Sean Mathias
as Dispatcher
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John Quarmby
as Ponceau
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Carol MacReady
as Mme. Duval
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Timothy Carlton
as Count de Beaulieu
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Tony Caunter
as Pochard
