The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)

6.0/10 109 min Adventure Drama Romance

Overview

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.

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

Eugene Deckers

Captain Merieres

David Oxley

Captain Duroc

John Longden

The Abbot

Arthur Wontner

Lord Grenville

David Hutcheson

Lord Anthony Dewhurst

Robert Coote

Sir Andrew ffoulkes

Patrick Macnee

Hon. John Bristow

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