The Scarlet and the Black as SS Security Chief in Rome. Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty was a real Irish-born priest and Vatican official, credited with saving 6,500 Jews and Allied war prisoners. In 1983 "The Scarlet and the Black" was nominated for an Emmy in the category "Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special". The Scarlet and the Black The Scarlet and the Black is a 1983 American made-for-television historical war drama film directed by Jerry London and starring Gregory Peck and Christopher Plummer. Based on J. P. Gallagher's book "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican" (published in 1967), the film tells the
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film) the denunciation of the marquis; he had her imprisoned for consorting with his son. After the revolution freed her, she told her friend Chauvelin, who was the one who denounced them. Promising to use his influence at court on Armand's behalf, Percy leaves for London. Afterward, Marguerite notices a detail on a portrait of the 1st baronet hanging in the library – on his finger is a ring decorated by a pimpernel. Realizing that she has inadvertently betrayed her own husband, she rushes out of the room, only to be presented a letter from Chauvelin announcing that he had discovered