A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.
David Niven
as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
Margaret Leighton
as Marguerite Blakeney
Cyril Cusack
as Chauvelin
Jack Hawkins
as Prince of Wales
Arlette Marchal
as Contesses de Tournai
Gérard Néry
as Philippe de Tournai
Charles Victor
as Colonel Winterbotham
Danielle Godet
as Suzanne de Tournai
Edmond Audran
as Armand St. Juste
Eugene Deckers
as Captain Merieres
David Oxley
as Captain Duroc
Raymond Rollett
as Bibot
