A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine..
Is it worth your time? If you like old-school swashbuckling where people talk in full sentences and the stakes are mostly about looking good while outsmarting the bad guys, sure. Watch it. If you need your action movies to move faster than a brisk stroll or you can’t handle guys wearing silk breeches without rolling yo...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Harold Young
Perry N. Vekroff
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school swashbuckling where people talk in full sentences and the stakes are mostly about looking good while outsmarting the bad guys, sure. Watch it. If you need your action movies to move faster than a brisk stroll or you can’t handle guys wearing silk breeches without rolling your eyes, stay away. This is pure costume drama theater, and it knows it. Leslie Howard is the whole show here. He plays Sir Percy with this weird, glassy-eyed detachment that some..."
Leslie Howard
Alexander Korda, Montagu Barstow, Baroness Emmuska Orczy
United Kingdom
Adventure, Drama
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