---
title: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harold Young'
released: '1934-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-scarlet-pimpernel-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025748/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

1934 · 97 min · Drama, Adventure · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1934 British adventure film starring Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, and Raymond Massey. It was directed by Harold Young and produced by Alexander Korda. 
Based on the 1905 play by Baroness Orczy and Montagu Barstow and the 1905 adventure novel by Orczy, the film is about an 18th-century English aristocrat (Howard) who leads a double life, passing himself off as an effete aristocrat while engaged in a secret effort to rescue French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror. Howard's portrayal of the title character is often considered the definitive portrayal of the role. In 1941, he played a similar role in "Pimpernel" Smith but this time set in pre-WWII Germany.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harold Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-young)
- **Screenplay:** [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda), [Lajos Bíró](https://cinepixo.com/people/lajos-biro), [Arthur Wimperis](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-wimperis), [Robert E. Sherwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-e-sherwood)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Arthur Benjamin](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-benjamin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson)
- **Editor:** [William Hornbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hornbeck)

## Cast

- [Walter Rilla](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-rilla) as Armand St. Just
- [Anthony Bushell](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-bushell) as Sir Andrew Foulkes
- [Philip Strange](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-strange) as Member of the League
- [Bramwell Fletcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/bramwell-fletcher) as The Priest
- [Derrick De Marney](https://cinepixo.com/people/derrick-de-marney) as Member of the League
- [Gibb McLaughlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/gibb-mclaughlin) as The Barber
- [Mabel Terry-Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/mabel-terry-lewis) as Countess de Tournay
- [Nigel Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-bruce) as George IV of the United Kingdom
- [Edmund Breon](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-breon) as Col. Winterbottom
- [John Turnbull](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-turnbull) as Jellyband
- [Allan Jeayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-jeayes) as William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
- [O. B. Clarence](https://cinepixo.com/people/o-b-clarence) as Count de Tournay
- [Morland Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/morland-graham) as Treadle
- [Annie Esmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-esmond)
- [A. Bromley Davenport](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-bromley-davenport) as French innkeeper

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Film facts: Wikidata (Q3224830); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.