Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel, Vol. 4 on AllMovie

Produced by Towers of London productions, the TV series The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel was based on the venerable adventure novel by Baroness Orczy. The time is the French revolution, when the heads of Gallic aristocrats are sacrificed on a daily basis to "Madame Guillotine." The "damn'd elusive Pimpernel" (or, as he's referred to on TV, the "curs'd elusive Pimpernel") sneaks into France under cover of darkness to rescue the aristos from the headsman's blade. To deflect suspicion, the Pimpernel -- aka Sir Percy Blakeney -- adopts the pose of an ineffectual fop. Marius Goring stars as Blakeney in these two episodes culled from the weekly series: "Antoine and Antoinette" and "Sir Percy's Wager."