“When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.”
The Scarlet Letter
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.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Significant financial loss
Keywords
Cast
Demi Moore
Hester Prynne
Gary Oldman
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert Duvall
Roger Chillingworth
Lisa Andoh
Mituba
Edward Hardwicke
Gov. John Bellingham
Robert Prosky
Horace Stonehall
Roy Dotrice
Rev. Thomas Cheever
Joan Plowright
Harriet Hibbons
Malcolm Storry
Maj. Dunsmuir
James Bearden
Goodman Mortimer
Larissa Laskin
Goody Mortimer
Amy Wright
Goody Gotwick
George Aguilar
Johnny Sassamon
Tim Woodward
Brewster Stonehall
Joan Gregson
Elizabeth Cheever
You Might Also Like
Based on this title
"Wuthering Heights"
Room at the Top
Lady Chatterley's Lover
My Fault: London
My Policeman
An Officer and a Gentleman
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw
Little Children
See You Soon
Gabriel's Inferno: Part II
Time Is Up
Similar Titles
More like The Scarlet Letter
It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick
The Devil's Elixirs
Rosemary's Baby
Animal Farm
The Bridge on the River Kwai
In the Mood for Love
