The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel is presented here as Season 4, Episode 4 of The DuPont Show of the Month, originally broadcast on December 18, 1960. This acclaimed television adaptation brings Baroness Orczy's legendary tale of heroism and intrigue to the small screen, set during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. As the guillotine claims its victims, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel secretly rescues condemned aristocrats while publicly posing as the seemingly frivolous Sir Percy Blakeney.