The Scarlet Pimpernel 90 years old

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

The Scarlet Pimpernel

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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The Scarlet Pimpernel Cast

Name Character
Leslie Howard He was 41, 50 years old when he died as Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel
Anthony Bushell He was 30, 92 years old when he died as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Merle Oberon She was 23, 68 years old when she died as Lady Blakeney
Nigel Bruce He was 40, 58 years old when he died as The Prince of Wales
Melville Cooper He was 38, 76 years old when he died as Romney
Walter Rilla He was 39, 85 years old when he died as Armand St. Just
Raymond Massey He was 38, 86 years old when he died as Chauvelin
Edmund Breon He was 52, 68 years old when he died as Col. Winterbottom
Ernest Milton He was 37, 87 years old when he died as Robespierre
Joan Gardner She was 20, 84 years old when she died as Suzanne de Tournay
Gibb McLaughlin He was 50, 75 years old when he died as The Barber
Mabel Terry-Lewis She was 62, 85 years old when she died as Countess de Tournay
Morland Graham He was 43, 57 years old when he died as Treadle
Brember Wills He was 51, 65 years old when he died as Doman (uncredited)

The Scarlet Pimpernel Crew

Name Department
Harold Rosson as Director of Photography. He was 39 (93) years old when He died Camera
William Hornbeck as Editor. He was 33 (82) years old when He died Editing
S.N. Behrman as Writer. He was 41 (80) years old when He died Writing
Lajos Bíró as Writer. He was 54 (68) years old when He died Writing
Harold Young as Director. He was 11 (83) years old when He died Directing
Arthur Wimperis as Writer. He was 60 (78) years old when He died Writing
Baroness Emmuska Orczy as Writer. She was 69 (82) years old when She died Writing
Arthur Benjamin as Original Music Composer. He was 41 (66) years old when He died Sound
The Scarlet Pimpernel poster
The Scarlet Pimpernel (90 years)

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

  • Release day: Thursday, December 20, 1934
  • Runtime: 97 minutes