The Scarlet Letter poster
Director Roland Joffé
Screenplay Douglas Day Stewart

The Scarlet Letter

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

Release Date: 1995-10-13

Duration: 135 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Gary Oldman
    Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
  • Demi Moore
    Hester Prynne
  • Robert Duvall
    Roger Chillingworth
  • Robert Prosky
    Horace Stonehall
  • Joan Plowright
    Harriet Hibbons
  • Dana Ivey
    Meredith Stonehall
  • Roy Dotrice
    Rev. Thomas Cheever
  • Edward Hardwicke
    Gov. John Bellingham
  • Sarah Campbell
    Prudence Stonehall
  • Amy Wright
    Goody Gotwick