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Elusive Pimpernel (1950)

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In this costume adventure set in France during the Reign of Terror, a mysterious man known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel rescues noblemen from the guillotine and leads them to safety across the English Channel. Chauvelin (Cyril Cusack) is determined to unmask the Pimpernel and bring him to justice. When evidence begins to suggest that the hero is actually foppish Sir Percey Blakeney (David Niven), Chauvelin blackmails Percey's wife, Marguerite (Margaret Leighton), into cooperating on the threat

Unrated, 1 hr. 49 min.

Action & Adventure

Directed By: Michael Powell

Cast

David Niven
Scarlet Pimpernel/Sir P...
Margaret Leighton
Marguerite Blakeney
Jack Hawkins
Prince of Wales
Cyril Cusack
Chauvelin
Robert Coote
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
David Hutcheson
Lord Anthony Dewhurst
Arlette Marchal
Countesse de Tournai
Terry Alexander
Duke of Dorset
Edmund Audran
Armand St. Juste
Peter Copley
Eugene Deckers
Capt. Meiieres
Tom Duggan
Earl of Sligo
Archie Duncan
Man in bath
John Fitzgerald
Sir Michael Travers
Richard George
Sir John Coke
Danielle Godet
Suzanne de Touman
Hugh Kelly
Mr. Fitzdrummond
John Longden
Abbot
Patrick Macnee
Hon. John Bristow
Gerard Nery
Phillipe de Toumai
David Oxley
Capt. Duroc
Raymond Rollett
Bibot
Philip Stainton
Jellyband
Howard Vernon
Comte de Tournai
Charles Victor
Col. Winterbottom
Arthur Wontner
Lord Grenville
Michael Powell
John Hewitt
Maj. Pretty
George de Warfaz
Baron
Jane Gill Davies
Lady Grenville
Robert Griffiths
Trubshaw

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