Scarlet Pimpernel, The (UK)

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Review of Scarlet Pimpernel, The
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Nominated for three Academy Awards and winner of an `Emmy` for Outstanding Costume Design
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 136 mins
Retail Price: £15.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Crowds hungry for blood cheer in Paris in 1792, as the heads of hundreds of aristocrats - men, women and children - fall under the blade of the guillotine. The French Revolution has entered its phase of terror.

A mysterious rescuer known only by his alias of The Scarlet Pimpernel, aided by a series of brilliantly effective disguises, is proving the scourge of the Revolution as he daringly snatches aristocrats from the very jaws of death under the noses of the executioners.

Sir Percy Blakeney (Andrews), a foppish English gentleman, and ardent follower of fashion and leader of London society, is paying one of his many social visits to Paris when, with surprising bravery, he rescues a handsome young man, Armand St Just (Jamieson), from the hands of thugs. This results in his first meeting with Armand’s sister, the stunningly beautiful Marguerite St. Just (Seymore), France`s most celebrated actress.

At the actress`s soiree, Sir Percy meets for the first time Paul Chauvelin (McKellen). Ambitious and ruthless, he is Robespierre`s Cheif Agent for the Committee of National Security, Chauvelin, too, loves Marquerite and plans to marry her. He and Percy cross verbal swords with Percy emerging the victor.

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