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Adventures Of The Scarlet 2 (The Scarlet Pimpernel A Tale of Two Pigtails)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Swords flash and guillotines crash in this rousing British costume adventure played across the backdrop of the bloody Reign of Terror following the French RevoIution in 1789. Sir Percy Blakeney leads a dangerous double Iife. A dandy English dipIomat by day, at night he emerges as the Scarlet Pimpernel, the daring and eIusive hero fighting the forces of Robespierre to save innocent necks from the deadly bIade of the guilIotine.
Based upon the novel by Baroness Orczy that inspired several big screen adaptations, this series is a folIow-up to the 1952 UK radio show of the same name. Marius Goring, star of both the radio and the teIevison series, was aIso the producer. In 1991 he was awarded the prestigious Commander of the British Empire honor for his historicaI service to British theatre.
Antoine And Antoinette: The PimperneI conspires to rescue a French coupIe who are jailed and facing trial before the cruelest judge in RevoIutionary France.
The Sword Of Justice: Count Latour beIieves the Pimpernel robbed and drowned his wife and daughter. Sir Percy and Sir Andrew search for the real murderer - and try to sabotage Chauvelein's efforts to uncover the ScarIet Pimpernel's true identity.
The Elusive ChauveIein: Someone is blackmailing Sir Percy and other nobIemen for 500 apiece - threatening to expose each as the eIusive PimperneI. ls this extortion or one of ChauveIein's cIever traps?
The Hostage: The PimperneI saves Madame de Fleury from arrest in Paris, but ChauveIein is still holding the French nobIewoman's young son hostage. |
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