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The Elusive Pimpernel

6.0

Released November 07, 1950Runtime 1h 49min

A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

London Films Productions

The Archers

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Cast

David NivenPercy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

Margaret LeightonMarguerite Blakeney

Cyril CusackChauvelin

Jack HawkinsPrince of Wales

Arlette MarchalContesses de Tournai

Gérard NéryPhilippe de Tournai

Charles VictorColonel Winterbotham

Danielle GodetSuzanne de Tournai

Edmond AudranArmand St. Juste

Eugene DeckersCaptain Merieres

David OxleyCaptain Duroc

Raymond RollettBibot

Philip StaintonJellyband

John LongdenThe Abbot

George De WarfazBaron

Arthur WontnerLord Grenville

Richard GeorgeSir John Coke

David HutchesonLord Anthony Dewhurst

Robert CooteSir Andrew ffoulkes

Patrick MacneeHon. John Bristow

Terence AlexanderDuke of Dorset

Richmond NairneBeau Pepys

Howard VernonComte de Tournai

Crew

Michael PowellDirector

Emeric PressburgerDirector

Emeric PressburgerWriter

Baroness Emmuska OrczyNovel

Michael PowellWriter

George R. BusbyProduction Assistant

Michael PowellProducer

Emeric PressburgerProducer

Reginald MillsEditor

Brian EasdaleMusic

Ivy BakerCostume Design

Hein HeckrothProduction Design

Arthur LawsonArt Direction

Bernard SarronCostume Design

Nandi HeckrothCostume Design

Christopher ChallisDirector of Photography

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Reviews

David Niven takes on the mantle of Baroness Orczy's hero in this classy but a little lightweight take on the escapades of the "Scarlet Pimpernel". Hugely successful at smuggling doomed artisto's from under the nose of the Reign of Terror, the French authorities charge "Chauvelin" (Cyril Cusack) to ...