The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 37min
- Adventure, Drama
- 07 Feb 1935 (USA)
- Movie
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
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Cast verified as complete
Leslie Howard | ... |
Sir Percy Blakeney
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Merle Oberon | ... |
Lady Blakeney
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Raymond Massey | ... |
Chauvelin
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Nigel Bruce | ... |
The Prince of Wales
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Bramwell Fletcher | ... |
The Priest
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Anthony Bushell | ... |
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
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Joan Gardner | ... |
Suzanne de Tournay
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Walter Rilla | ... |
Armand St. Just
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Mabel Terry-Lewis | ... |
Countess de Tournay
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O.B. Clarence | ... |
Count de Tournay
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Ernest Milton | ... |
Robespierre
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Edmund Breon | ... |
Col. Winterbottom
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Melville Cooper | ... |
Romney
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Gibb McLaughlin | ... |
The Barber
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Morland Graham | ... |
Treadle (the tailor)
(as Moreland Graham)
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John Turnbull | ... |
Jellyband
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Gertrude Musgrove | ... |
Sally - Jellyband's Daughter
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Allan Jeayes | ... |
Lord Grenville
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A. Bromley Davenport | ... |
French innkeeper (Brogard)
(as Bromley Davenport)
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William Freshman | ... |
Lord Hastings
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Hindle Edgar | ... |
Lord Wilmot
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Bruce Belfrage | ... |
Pitt (uncredited)
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Noel Birkin | ... |
(uncredited)
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Toska Bissing | ... |
(uncredited)
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Frederick Culley | ... |
(uncredited)
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Derrick De Marney | ... |
Member of the League (uncredited)
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Hugh Dempster | ... |
Member of the League (uncredited)
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Philip Desborough | ... |
Member of the League (uncredited)
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Annie Esmond | ... |
Lady W (uncredited)
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Arthur Hambling | ... |
Captain of the Guard (uncredited)
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Lawrence Hanray | ... |
Burke (uncredited)
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Carl Harbord | ... |
Member of the League (uncredited)
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Kenneth Kove | ... |
Codlin - Fisherman (uncredited)
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Renée Macready | ... |
Lady Q (uncredited)
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Roy Meredith | ... |
Viscount de Tournay (uncredited)
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Tarva Penna | ... |
(uncredited)
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Robert Rietty | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Bill Shine | ... |
An Aristocrat (uncredited)
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Douglas Stewart | ... |
Merieres (uncredited)
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Philip Strange | ... |
Member of the League (uncredited)
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Harry Terry | ... |
Renad (uncredited)
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Evan Thomas | ... |
Member of the League (uncredited)
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Alfred Wellesley | ... |
(uncredited)
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Edmund Willard | ... |
Bibot - Republican Officer (uncredited)
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Brember Wills | ... |
Doman (uncredited)
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Millicent Wolf | ... |
(uncredited)
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Directed by
Harold Young |
Written by
Baroness Emmuska Orczy | ... | (by) (as The Baroness Orczy) |
Alexander Korda | ... | (contributing writer) (uncredited) |
Baroness Emmuska Orczy | ... | (play) (uncredited) |
Montagu Barstow | ... | (play) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Grace Blake | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
Alexander Korda | ... | producer |
Music by
Arthur Benjamin | ... | (musical compositions) |
Cinematography by
Harold Rosson | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
William Hornbeck |
Production Management
David B. Cunynghame | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Geoffrey Boothby | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Francis Hallam | ... | architect |
Vincent Korda | ... | settings |
Gösta Åberg | ... | poster artist: Sweden (uncredited) |
Moje Åslund | ... | poster artist: Sweden (uncredited) |
Sound Department
A.W. Watkins | ... | recording director |
Special Effects by
Ned Mann | ... | special effects |
George J. Teague | ... | special photographic effects (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
W. Percy Day | ... | matte painter (uncredited) |
Peter Ellenshaw | ... | assistant matte artist (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Osmond Borradaile | ... | camera |
Bernard Browne | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
John Armstrong | ... | director of costumes |
Oliver Messel | ... | dresses designer: Miss Merle Oberon |
Music Department
Muir Mathieson | ... | music director |
Lionel Salter | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
S.N. Behrman | ... | scenario, continuity & dialogue (as Sam Bermann) |
Lajos Biró | ... | scenario, continuity & dialogue (as Lajos Biro) |
Robert E. Sherwood | ... | scenario, continuity & dialogue (as Robert Sherwood) |
Arthur Wimperis | ... | scenario, continuity & dialogue |
Eileen Bowen-Jones | ... | continuity (uncredited) |
Baroness Emmuska Orczy | ... | scenario, continuity & dialogue (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Max Schreck | ... | voice dubbing: Ernest Milton (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- London Film Productions (presents)
Distributors
- United Artists (1934) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Dr. Hauser & Company (1935) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1935) (Norway) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1935) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1935) (United States) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1938) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Anglo-American Film Corporation (1942) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Wivefilm (1942) (Sweden) (theatrical) (re-release)
- British Lion Film Corporation (1947) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Film Classics (1947) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Folkuniversitet (1948) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Alexander Korda Films (1948) (United States) (tv)
- Hal Roach Studios Film Classics (1985) (United States) (VHS)
- Central Television (1988) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Nelson Entertainment (1990) (United States) (VHS)
- Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (1994) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Madacy Entertainment (1998) (United States) (DVD)
- Navarre Entertainment (2002) (United States) (DVD)
- Synergy Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Elephant Films (2013) (France) (video)
- Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2015) (Germany) (DVD)
- Bavaria-Filmverleih (1935) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Spectrum (West Germany) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- B.J. Simmons & Co (costumiers)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
London fop Percy Blakeney is also secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who, in a variety of disguises, makes repeated daring trips to France to save aristocrats from Madame Guillotine. His unknowing wife is also French, and she finds that her brother has been arrested by the Republic to try to get her to find out who "that damned elusive Pimpernel" really is. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26} |
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Taglines | SHE WANTED HIS LIPS-AND NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE (Print Ad- Silver Creek News, ((Silver Creek, NY)) 11 April 1935) See more » |
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Box Office
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $2,100,000 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America admonished: "There is cleavage in Reel 1. There is cleavage in Reel 4. There is gross cleavage in Reel 8", adding that it was the last film it would pass containing "scenes of offensive cleavage". See more » |
Goofs | Blakeney and the Prince of Wales are seen at a boxing match in which the combatants are in a structure similar to a modern 'square' ring. This form of the ring was not used until around 1838. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Minute Movie Masterpieces (1989). See more » |
Soundtracks | La Marseillaise See more » |
Quotes |
Percy Blakeney:
They seek him here, they seek him there, / Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. / Is he in heaven? Or is he in hell? / That damned elusive Pimpernel! See more » |