- HD 1080
- Runtime: 142m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Clive Donner
- Stars: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David
- keywords: french revolution, 18th century, scarlet pimpernel
- Production_studio: Edgar J. Scherick Associates
- providers: AcornTV Amazon Channel, Acorn TV Apple TV
- The The Scarlet Pimpernel is featured in the top rankings of 1982
- #10 in Top Romance Movies of 1982
- #38 in Top Drama Movies of 1982
- #7 in Top Action Movies of 1982
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