The Scarlet Pimpernel

1982 · 142 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 5,351 VOTES · DIR. Clive Donner

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Overview

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin

Dialogue Timeline — 1,960 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 [UNLOCKING AND OPENING OF CELL DOOR]
00:08:29 WITHIN THE HOUR
00:11:52 THAT REVOLUTIONARY SEDUCED MY DAUGHTER, BARON DE BATZ.
00:16:16 MY DEAR, HAVEN'T YOU HEARD THE NEWS?
00:19:43 IF THAT IS POSSIBLE.
00:24:05 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, CITIZEN, THE MAN HAS SPARED BARELY
00:30:55 WILL GIVE BACK TO THE SUN ITS TARNISHED BEAUTY.
00:35:46 [DEATH TO THE ARISTOS]
00:39:54 CHANGE OF HEART.
00:43:42 USEFUL TO US. WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
00:49:38 ABOUT THE MARQUIS DE ST. CYR.
00:55:44 I THINK I MAY HAVE FOUND AN EXCELLENT
01:02:32 ODD. YOU MADE INQUIRIES?
01:07:06 MOMENTS WHEN I CATCH IT IN HIS EYES, A LOOK, A GLANCE.
01:13:54 AND WHAT MIGHT THAT BE?
01:19:30 AND IF I WERE?
01:26:54 ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
01:32:02 A PHANTOM, MY LADY, NOTHING MORE THAN A PHANTOM.
01:38:51 OH, REALLY, BARON, SOMEONE HAS BEEN TEASING YOU.
01:43:25 WHERE ARMAND WILL BE WAITING, PRECISELY AT MIDDAY.
01:49:29 JUST AS HE IS NOW. LOOK FOR YOURSELF.
01:57:32 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND. THIS IS A PETITION OF CLEMENCY
02:02:41 AND FROM THERE INTO AUSTRIA.
02:09:08 I'M SURPRISED, MY DEAR CHAUVELIN, THAT YOU DIDN'T

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,960
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line02:09:08

Production Record

DirectorClive Donner
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,351