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The Scarlet Pimpernel

Match courage with courage... meet cunning with cunning!

Dec 20, 1934 1h 37mAdventureDrama
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18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life.He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.

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Harold Young
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18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.

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Release date
Dec 20, 1934
Runtime
1h 37m
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Language
English, French
Country
United Kingdom

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