Hester een vrouw met goede hoop trekt naar de Nieuwe Wereld. Mooi, vastberaden en onafhankelijk als ze is, komt ze al dadelijk in botsing met de wetten van de puriteinse gemeenschap. Bij het bericht van de dood van haar man geeft Hester toe aan haar liefde voor de plaatselijke dominee Arthur. Als ze zwanger wordt, beschuldigt de gemeenschap haar van ketterij. Ze wordt verplicht een schandelijke rode letter A op haar kleding te dragen, wat staat voor overspel. Dan duikt haar doodgewaande echtgenoot weer op...Hij is uit op wraak.
Nee, helaas is The Scarlet Letter nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Roland Joffé | Producer |
| Production | Tova Laiter | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andrew G. Vajna | Producer |
| Editing | Thom Noble | Editor |
| Sound | John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Roland Joffé | Director |
| Camera | Alex Thomson | Director of Photography |
| Production | Dodi Fayed | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Douglas Day Stewart | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Novel |
| Crew | Brian Best | Driver |
| Crew | Cinda-Lin James | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Alison Reid | Stunts |
| Crew | Corry Glass | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeff 'JJ' Dashnaw | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Elisabeth Leustig | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cynthia Patton | Hairstylist |
| Art | Roy Walker | Production Design |
| Directing | Buddy Joe Hooker | Second Unit Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Paris | Hairstylist |
| Production | Robert F. Colesberry | Co-Producer |
| Crew | John Stoneham Jr. | Stunts |
| Art | Rosalind Shingleton | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Pescucci | Costume Design |
| Crew | Ben Gauthier | Stunts |
| Crew | Jim Finkbeiner | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabrizio Sforza | Makeup Department Head |
| Crew | Alex Green | Stunts |
| Crew | Mike Mitchell | Stunts |
| Crew | Warren A. Stevens | Stunts |
| Lighting | Bryan Forde | Gaffer |
| Directing | Dennis Maguire | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | David Jacox | Stunts |
| Crew | Paul Rutledge | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Bower O'Halloran | Hairstylist |
| Art | Tony Woollard | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Kuchurean | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Mark Berger | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | John Dodds | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Steeves | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Lars P. Winther | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Flint Eagle | Stunts |
| Crew | Jamie Jones | Stunts |
| Crew | Billy Linders | Stunts |
| Crew | Greg Schlosser | Stunts |
| Crew | Duane Howard | Stunts |
| Sound | Holly Huckins | ADR Supervisor |
| Crew | Guy Bews | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael Lee Baron | Stunt Double |
| Sound | Dave McMoyler | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | François Gauthier | Stunts |
| Crew | Joy Hooper | Stunt Double |
| Directing | John Gallagher | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Jason Glass | Stunts |
| Crew | Tom Glass | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Perron | Stunts |
| Crew | Brent Woolsey | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Eric Bryson | Stunts |
| Crew | Sue Parker | Stunts |
