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The British Film: The Scarlet Pimpernel

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring Leslie Howard Merle Oberon
Raymond Massey
1792: the height of the French Revolution. As aristocrats and enemies of the Republic are led to the guillotine, a mysterious stranger and his followers carry out a dangerous rescue operation - whisking them back to
England and safety. But who is the stranger known only as the 'Scarlet Pimpernel', and how long can he continue his mission?
Screenplay by ROBERT E. SHERWOOD SAM BERMAN. ARTHUR WIMPERIS and LAJOS BIRO
Based on the novel by BARONESS ORCZY
Produced by ALEXANDER KORDA Directed by HAROLD YOUNG
0 FILMS: page 27

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Howard
Unknown:
Merle OBEron
Unknown:
Raymond Massey
Unknown:
Robert E. Sherwood
Unknown:
Sam Berman.
Unknown:
Arthur Wimperis
Novel By:
Baroness Orczy
Produced By:
Alexander Korda
Directed By:
Harold Young
Sir Percy Blakeney:
Leslie Howard
Marguerite Blakeney:
Merle OBEron
Chauvelin:
Raymond Massey
Prince of Wales:
Nigel Bruce
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes:
Anthony Bushell
Suzanne de Tournay:
Joan Gardner
Priest:
Bramwell Fletcher
Armand St Just:
Walter Rilla
Countess de Tournay:
Mabel Terry-Lewis
Count de Tournay:
0. B . Clarence
Robespierre:
Ernest Milton
Source: Radio Times

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