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The Scarlet Pimpernel

Year:

1982

Duration:

142 min

Genres:

Romance | Drama | Action

IMDB rate:

7.7

Director:

Clive Donner

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1982-11-09

Filming Locations: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Nick Brimble

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Timothy Carlton

Anthony Andrews

Sir Percy Blakeney

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

David Gant

Fouquet

John Quarmby

Ponceau

Gordon Gostelow

Duval

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

Daphne Anderson

Lady Grenville

Tony Caunter

Pochard

Athene Fielding

Noblewoman

Mark Drewry

Lord Timothy Hastings

Barrie Houghton

Executioner

Kate Howard

Countess de Beaulieu

Richard Charles

The Dauphin

Preston Lockwood

Duke

Iris Everson

Duchess

Gabrielle Parker

Marchioness

Derek Deadman

Handler

Carolyn Pertwee

Seamstress

Martine Copeland

Annette

Martin Wyldeck

Marquess

James Payne

Jailer (uncredited)

David Rolfe

2nd Major Domo (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Ian McKellen and Timothy Carlton appear in this film. Decades later, McKellen would appear in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), along with Carlton's son, actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

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John Quarmby worked two weeks.

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The dramatic scene performed on stage by Marguerite, and later by Louise, is from 'Phaedra' by Jean Racine (1677).

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Goofs

During the ride to the picnic, tracks from mowing equipment can be seen in the neatly cut grass.

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During the chase after he rescues the dauphin, Percy reacts as if he's shot, but his clothing shows no sign of damage from the bullet. Also, flintlock pistols had a very short effective range. If a soldier had really hit him, Percy couldn't have been so far ahead that the soldiers didn't see where he went after the wagon tipped over.

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When Sir Percy's courier is shot, he can be heard screaming. But when his face is shown, his mouth is closed as the scream continues.

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Quotes

Sir Percy: Ceased? I will love her to the day I die. That is the tragedy.

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Chauvelin: An oath to a scoundrel is meaningless.

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Countess de Tournay: God bless the Scarlet Pimpernel, whoever he may be. Surely he must be an angel in disguise.

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