The Elusive Pimpernel
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
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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
Eugene DeckersCaptain Merieres
David OxleyCaptain DurocExplore the crew
- Director
- Michael Powell
- Writer
- Emeric Pressburger
- Editor
- Reginald Mills
- Producer
- Michael Powell
- Producer
- Emeric Pressburger
- Director of Photography
- Christopher Challis
- Director
- Emeric Pressburger
- Writer
- Michael Powell