The Scarlet Letter(1995)
When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.
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.
Movie: The Scarlet Letter
Top 10 Billed Cast
Hester Prynne
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Roger Chillingworth
Horace Stonehall
Gov. John Bellingham
Harriet Hibbons
Rev. Thomas Cheever
Goody Mortimer
Goody Gotwick
Meredith Stonehall
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