

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.

Demi Moore
Hester Prynne

Gary Oldman
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

Robert Duvall
Roger Chillingworth

Lisa Andoh
Mituba

Edward Hardwicke
Gov. John Bellingham

Robert Prosky
Horace Stonehall

Roy Dotrice
Rev. Thomas Cheever

Joan Plowright
Harriet Hibbons

Malcolm Storry
Maj. Dunsmuir
James Bearden
Goodman Mortimer

Larissa Laskin
Goody Mortimer

Amy Wright
Goody Gotwick

George Aguilar
Johnny Sassamon

Tim Woodward
Brewster Stonehall

Joan Gregson
Elizabeth Cheever

Dana Ivey
Meredith Stonehall

Diane Salinger
Margaret Bellingham

Jocelyn Cunningham
Mary Rollings
Sheldon Peters Wolfchild
Moskeegee

Eric Schweig
Metacomet
Roland Joffé
Douglas Day Stewart
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