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The Scarlet Letter

When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.

  • Movie
  • 1995
  • R
  • 2h 15m

Directed by Roland Joffé

6.1

TMDB audience rating
6.1 out of 10 from 544 votes

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Overview

Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.

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Cast and crew

  • Demi Moore

    Demi MooreHester Prynne

  • Gary Oldman

    Gary OldmanRev. Arthur Dimmesdale

  • Robert Duvall

    Robert DuvallRoger Chillingworth

  • Lisa Andoh

    Lisa AndohMituba

  • Edward Hardwicke

    Edward HardwickeGov. John Bellingham

  • Robert Prosky

    Robert ProskyHorace Stonehall

  • Roy Dotrice

    Roy DotriceRev. Thomas Cheever

  • Joan Plowright

    Joan PlowrightHarriet Hibbons

  • Malcolm Storry

    Malcolm StorryMaj. Dunsmuir

  • James BeardenGoodman Mortimer

  • Larissa Laskin

    Larissa LaskinGoody Mortimer

  • Amy Wright

    Amy WrightGoody Gotwick

  • George Aguilar

    George AguilarJohnny Sassamon

  • Tim Woodward

    Tim WoodwardBrewster Stonehall

  • Joan Gregson

    Joan GregsonElizabeth Cheever

  • Dana Ivey

    Dana IveyMeredith Stonehall

  • Diane Salinger

    Diane SalingerMargaret Bellingham

  • Jocelyn Cunningham

    Jocelyn CunninghamMary Rollings

Director
Roland Joffé
Writer
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Douglas Day Stewart
Music
John Barry
Cinematography
Alex Thomson