The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

Name: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Genre: Romance, TV Movie, Adventure
Released: 1982-11-09
Duration: 142 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David

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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

Release Date: November 9, 1982
Runtime: 2h 22m
Rating: 6.7/10 (51 votes)

Director: Clive Donner

Cast: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David, Malcolm Jamieson, Denis Lill, Ann Firbank

Production: Edgar J. Scherick Associates

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IMDb

Full Cast (38 people)

Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
Jane Seymour as Marguerite St. Just
Ian McKellen as Chauvelin
James Villiers as Baron de Batz
Eleanor David as Louise
Malcolm Jamieson as Armand St. Just
Denis Lill as Count de Tournay
Ann Firbank as Countess de Tournay
Richard Morant as Robespierre
Julian Fellowes as The Prince Regent
Timothy Carlton as Count de Beaulieu
David Gant as Fouquet
John Quarmby as Ponceau
Carol MacReady as Mme. Duval
Tracey Childs as Suzanne
Joanna Dickens as Aunt Lulu
Dominic Jephcott as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Christopher Villiers as Lord Anthony Dewhurst
Geoffrey Toone as Marquis de St. Cyr
Sean Mathias as Dispatcher
Daphne Anderson as Lady Grenville
Tony Caunter as Pochard
Nick Brimble as Bibot
Athene Fielding as Noblewoman
Mark Drewry as Lord Timothy Hastings
Barrie Houghton as Executioner
Kate Howard as Countess de Beaulieu
Richard Charles as The Dauphin
Preston Lockwood as Duke
Iris Everson as Duchess

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Reviews

CinemaSerf - 7/10

This is adapted from two of the Baroness Orczy's books as we head to an 18th century Paris where the terror is in full swing and the newly empowered citizenry are beheading aristocrats left, right and centre. Even Louis XVI and his Queen Marie Antoinette have been spliced. There is one hope for those imprisoned, though, and that comes in the form of an enigmatic rescuer. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" is...

April 19, 2026