The Scarlet Pimpernel
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
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Cast
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
Joanna Dickens
Aunt Lulu
Dominic Jephcott
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Christopher Villiers
Lord Anthony Dewhurst
Geoffrey Toone
Marquis de St. Cyr
Sean Mathias
Dispatcher
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Overview
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