The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
3.3 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
During the French Revolution, the Scarlet Pimpernel (David Niven), who is really Sir Percy Blakeney in disguise, risks his life to rescue French noblemen from the guillotine and take them across the English Channel to safety. As cover, Sir Percy poses as a fop at Court, and curries favour with the Prince of Wales (Jack Hawkins) by providing advice about fashion, but secretly he leads The League, a group of noblemen with similar views. Chauvelin (Cyril Cusack), French Ambassador of the Revolution to England wants to find out who the Pimpernel is and bring him in to meet his fate under French justice. When evidence points to Sir Percy, Chauvelin blackmails Blakeney's wife, Marguerite (Margaret Leighton) by threatening to expose her criminal brother Armand (Edmond Audran), but Marguerite doesn't believe her husband is capable of being the daring Pimpernel. - Actors:
- Margaret Leighton, Cyril Cusack, David Niven, Jack Hawkins, Arlette Marchal, Gérard Nery, Danielle Godet, Edmond Audran, Charles Victor, Eugene Deckers, David Oxley, Raymond Rollett, Philip Stainton, John Longden, Robert Griffiths, George De Warfaz, Arthur Wontner, Jane Gill-Davis, Richard George, Cherry Cottrell
- Writers:
- Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Michael Powell
- Aka:
- The Fighting Pimpernel
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Top 10 Films and Shows About British Princes
