The Scarlet Pimpernel

This fast-moving swashbuckling classic tale by Baroness Orczy - tells of the illusive and mysterious band of English dare devil noblemen who smuggle French aristocrats out of revolutionary torn Paris - under the very nose of their arch enemy - Citoyen Chauvelin and the dreaded Madame La Guillotine! The leader of these liberators - is known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel - but as the story unfolds - he's identified as an unlikely aristocratic fop with a most beautiful French wife. It's all very romantic and extremely well-written which Hollywood brought to the screen some years ago.