The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 4,937 VOTES · DIR. Harold Young
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,499 lines
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00:01:55 Old guard, present arms!
00:07:45 And make the acquaintance of the only decent person left in France.
00:13:31 And here's the hair of her lover...
00:18:27 All three of you will get your next instructions from Quentin.
00:21:22 My one wish is to follow.
00:24:25 We could be 500, a thousand within a week.
00:27:03 They're all alike, this fashionable puppies.
00:30:12 Perhaps it was happiness.
00:34:16 that the biggest fool in England
00:37:05 Until Sir Percy says so.
00:39:48 You wait until the 30th round.
00:43:03 Do I intrude?
00:45:13 In the 10th round, when Jackson had him down
00:47:59 among your friends.
00:50:56 Well, ladies...
00:55:13 Would you rather be left alone?
01:04:12 Do you know what St. Lazare is?
01:06:53 Me?
01:11:52 I want to find Percy, to warn him, to save him
01:15:01 for this war with England.
01:17:46 This is no place for one of your sort.
01:21:54 Arrange for a firing squad as soon as they arrive.
01:25:24 Not at all, Sir Percy.
01:29:07 "This happy breed of men"
Cast & Characters
Leslie Howard
Sir Percy Blakeney
Merle Oberon
Lady Blakeney
Raymond Massey
Chauvelin
Nigel Bruce
The Prince of Wales
Bramwell Fletcher
The Priest
Anthony Bushell
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Joan Gardner
Suzanne de Tournay
Walter Rilla
Armand St. Just
Mabel Terry-Lewis
Countess de Tournay
O.B. Clarence
Count de Tournay
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,499
Dialogue density15.5 lines / min
First line00:01:55
Final line01:29:07
Production Record
DirectorHarold Young
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,937