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 | Dodi Fayed | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tova Laiter | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andrew G. Vajna | Producer |
| Directing | Roland Joffé | Director |
| Writing | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Novel |
| Production | Roland Joffé | Producer |
| Writing | Douglas Day Stewart | Screenplay |
| Camera | Alex Thomson | Director of Photography |
| Sound | John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Thom Noble | Editor |
| Crew | Brian Best | Driver |
| Crew | Cinda-Lin James | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Alison Reid | Stunts |
| Crew | Corry Glass | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeffrey J. Dashnaw | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Pescucci | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Paris | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Bower O'Halloran | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Tom Glass | Stunts |
| Directing | Lars P. Winther | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | John Stoneham Jr. | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cynthia Patton | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Holly Huckins | ADR Supervisor |
| Crew | Sue Parker | Stunts |
| Crew | Warren A. Stevens | Stunts |
| Lighting | Bryan Forde | Gaffer |
| Crew | David Jacox | Stunts |
| Crew | Eric Bryson | Stunts |
| Art | Tony Woollard | Art Direction |
| Art | Rosalind Shingleton | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Joy Hooper | Stunt Double |
| Production | Elisabeth Leustig | Casting |
| Art | Roy Walker | Production Design |
| Sound | Mark Berger | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Dave McMoyler | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Michael Lee Baron | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Billy Linders | Stunts |
| Crew | Greg Schlosser | Stunts |
| Crew | Jamie Jones | Stunts |
| Crew | Mike Mitchell | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Kuchurean | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Ben Gauthier | Stunts |
| Crew | Jim Finkbeiner | Stunts |
| Crew | Flint Eagle | Stunts |
| Directing | Buddy Joe Hooker | Second Unit Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabrizio Sforza | Makeup Department Head |
| Crew | Guy Bews | Stunts |
| Production | Robert F. Colesberry | Co-Producer |
| Directing | John Gallagher | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Steeves | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Jason Glass | Stunts |
| Crew | John Dodds | Stunts |
| Crew | François Gauthier | Stunts |
| Crew | Alex Green | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Perron | Stunts |
| Crew | Brent Woolsey | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Dennis Maguire | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Paul Rutledge | Stunts |
| Crew | Duane Howard | Stunts |
