The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film)

The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Directed by	Harold Young
Written by	Scenario, continuity & dialogue: Lajos Bíró S. N. Behrman Robert E. Sherwood Arthur Wimperis Baroness Emmuska Orczy (uncredited) Alexander Korda Rowland Brown (contributing writers, uncredited)
Based on	The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905 play) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy and Montagu Barstow and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1908 novel) by Baroness Orczy
Produced by	Alexander Korda
Starring	Leslie Howard Merle Oberon Raymond Massey
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Edited by	William Hornbeck
Music by	Arthur Benjamin
Production company	London Films
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	23 December 1934 (1934-12-23) (UK) 7 February 1935 (1935-02-07) (U.S.)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£81,000
Box office	£420,000

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1934 British adventure film directed by Harold Young and starring Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, and Raymond Massey. Based on the 1905 play by Baroness Orczy and Montagu Barstow and the classic 1905 adventure novel by Orczy, the film is about an eighteenth-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. The film was produced by Alexander Korda. Howard's portrayal of the title character is often considered the definitive portrayal of the role.^[1] In 1941, he played a similar role in "'Pimpernel' Smith" but this time set in pre-WWII Germany.