The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Rating: 6.1/10
Duration: 135 min
Director(s): Roland Joffé,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Demi Moore as Hester Prynne
- Joan Plowright as Harriet Hibbons
- Robert Duvall as Roger Chillingworth
- Gary Oldman as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
- Malcolm Storry as Maj. Dunsmuir
- Robert Prosky as Horace Stonehall
- Lisa Andoh as Mituba
- Edward Hardwicke as Gov. John Bellingham
- Roy Dotrice as Rev. Thomas Cheever
- 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