Scarlet Pimpernel

Scarlet Pimpernel1982

Director: Clive Donner
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Runtime: 136 minutes

Sir Percy Blakeney (Leslie Howard) is an English aristocrat leading a double life, by day he's an effete aristocrat and by night he's the Scarlet Pimpernel, rescuing French nobles from the clutches of the French revolution under Robespierre's Reign … more »



Chauvelin:
I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society.

Sir Percy:
Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one.

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