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Grant plays the dashing 18th century hero who poses as a member of the revolution to snatch imprisoned noblemen from the jaws of the guillotine and spirit them to safety in England.
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Richard E. Grant (Withnail & I) stars as Percy Blakeney, foppish aristocrat by day and by night, the dashing, mysterious and swashbuckling hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel, who risks his life to save innocents from the guillotine of the evil Head of Secret Police, Chauvelin. This lavish adaptation of this classic tale of adventure also stars Elizabeth McGovern as the fair Lady Marguerite, Blakeney's unsuspecting wife and Chauvelin's former lover.
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