The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)

Genres - Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Action Thriller, Adventure Drama  |   Release Date - Oct 20, 1937 (USA - Unknown)  |   Run Time - 80 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

The French revolutionary Robespierre vows to get revenge on the Scarlet Pimpernel who has been helping the aristocracy escape from the dreaded guillotine in this sequel to 1934's The Scarlet Pimpernel. To do so Robespierre kidnaps the Pimpernel's wife and takes her to France. Unfortunately, he is not clever enough for the roguish hero and he soon frees her. Together they return to England.

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aristocracy, courage, damsel-in-distress, escape, France, freedom, guillotine, help, kidnapping, nobility, plans, prison, rescue, return, scheme, trapped, wife