The Scarlet Letter Movie Review 1979

Faithful yet passionate TV adaptation of Hawthorne's classic novel of 17th-century New England. Hester Prynne (Foster) is condemned by her Puritan fellows for having a child out of wedlock and is forced to wear a scarlet letter A for adultery. Secretly sharing Hester's torment is the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale (Heard), the baby's father, and Hester's vengeful back-from-the-dead husband, Roger Chillingsworth (Conway).

Distribution

VideoPreview Collection, National Fulfillment Center, PO Box 4055, Santa Monica, CA 90405, Toll-free: 800-771-9232, Fax: (310)399-4844

Available on VHS
Running time 240 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adultery, Period Piece: 17th Century, Books to Film: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Religion, Sex & Sexuality, Clergymen

Screenplay

Allan Knee, Alvin Sapinsley

Cast

Meg Foster, John Heard, Kevin Conway, Josef Sommer

Director

Rick Hauser

Music

John Morris

Producer

WGBH Boston