The Elusive Pimpernel
1950 · 109 min
Adventure · Drama · Romance
★ 6.0Trailer
Foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, who secretly leads a double life as the daring rescuer of French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution, fights to save his brother-in-law while his wife is manipulated by the villainous Chauvelin into helping capture him, unaware of her husband's true identity.
Crew
- Director Michael Powell
- Director Emeric Pressburger
- Writer Emeric Pressburger
- Writer Michael Powell
- Director of Photography Christopher Challis
Cast
David Niven
Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
Margaret Leighton
Marguerite Blakeney
Cyril Cusack
Chauvelin
Jack Hawkins
Prince of Wales
Arlette Marchal
Contesses de Tournai
Gérard Néry
Philippe de Tournai
Charles Victor
Colonel Winterbotham
Danielle Godet
Suzanne de Tournai
- E
Edmond Audran
Armand St. Juste
Eugene Deckers
Captain Merieres
David Oxley
Captain Duroc
- R
Raymond Rollett
Bibot
Crew
- Director — Michael Powell
- Director — Emeric Pressburger
- Writer — Emeric Pressburger
- Writer — Michael Powell
- Director of Photography — Christopher Challis
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