The Scarlet Letter

• 6.0 Drama
• 1995-10-13
• 135 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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

Director:

Roland Joffé

Writer:

Douglas Day Stewart