The Scarlet Letter

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

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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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Creators

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Roland Joffé

director

Douglas Day Stewart

writer

Nathaniel Hawthorne

writer

Cast

Demi Moore actor Gary Oldman actor Robert Duvall actor

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Lisa Andoh actor Edward Hardwicke actor Robert Prosky actor Roy Dotrice actor Joan Plowright actor Malcolm Storry actor

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James Bearden actor Larissa Laskin actor

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Amy Wright actor George Aguilar actor Tim Woodward actor Joan Gregson actor Dana Ivey actor Diane Salinger actor

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Jocelyn Cunningham actor

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Sheldon Peters Wolfchild actor Eric Schweig actor