The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)

Name: The Elusive Pimpernel
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Released: 1950-11-07
Duration: 109 min
Cast: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Cyril Cusack, Jack Hawkins, Arlette Marchal

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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Released 1950-11-07 · 109 min · Adventure, Drama, History

Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Cast

David Niven as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
Margaret Leighton as Marguerite Blakeney
Cyril Cusack as Chauvelin
Jack Hawkins as Prince of Wales
Arlette Marchal as Contesses de Tournai
Gérard Néry as Philippe de Tournai
Charles Victor as Colonel Winterbotham
Danielle Godet as Suzanne de Tournai
Edmond Audran as Armand St. Juste
Eugene Deckers as Captain Merieres
David Oxley as Captain Duroc
Raymond Rollett as Bibot
Philip Stainton as Jellyband
John Longden as The Abbot
George De Warfaz as Baron