King Rudolf V of Ruritania is suddenly abducted just days before his coronation is to take place. Rudolf Rassendyl, the King’s distant cousin, an Englishman vacationing in a Ruritarian kingdom, is recruited to impersonate him. But King’s fiancée, Princess Flavia, is not foolish.
Scaramouche follows Andre Moreau, an 18th-century French nobleman who is publicly humiliated then runs away, taking refuge with a theatrical troupe. After Andre Moreau finds he is the secret bastard son of a recently deceased noble, he realizes that it his own sister that he’s romantically drawn to.
When the Allies need expendable soldiers for a highly dangerous mission, springing the general from prison and carrying out his plans, they offer pardons to a group of criminals in exchange for their participation.