The Scarlet Pimpernel
★ 7 · 1934 · 97m · Drama · Adventure
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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