The Scarlet Letter
When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.
6.1(531) 1995-10-13 135 minDramaRomance
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.
ProducerAndrew G. Vajna
DirectorRoland Joffé
ProducerRoland Joffé
ScreenplayDouglas Day Stewart
Original Music ComposerJohn Barry
Cast & characters
Demi Moore
as Hester Prynne
Gary Oldman
as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert Duvall
as Roger Chillingworth
Lisa Andoh
as Mituba
Edward Hardwicke
as Gov. John Bellingham
Robert Prosky
as Horace Stonehall
Roy Dotrice
as Rev. Thomas Cheever
Joan Plowright
as Harriet Hibbons
Malcolm Storry
as Maj. Dunsmuir
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James Bearden
as Goodman Mortimer
Larissa Laskin
as Goody Mortimer
Amy Wright
as Goody Gotwick
George Aguilar
as Johnny Sassamon
Tim Woodward
as Brewster Stonehall
Joan Gregson
as Elizabeth Cheever
Dana Ivey
as Meredith Stonehall
Diane Salinger
as Margaret Bellingham
Jocelyn Cunningham
as Mary Rollings
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Sheldon Peters Wolfchild
as Moskeegee
Eric Schweig
as Metacomet
Kristin Fairlie
as Faith Stonehall
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Sarah Campbell
as Prudence Stonehall
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Judd Jones
as Mr. Bobbin
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Anthony Paton
as Town Beadle
