Synopsis: A mild-mannered professor of archeology digging up relics in wartime Germany doubles as a Scarlet Pimpernel-like hero helping prominent artists and intellectuals escape the Nazis. Written, produced, directed by and starring Leslie Howard, star of 1935's "Scarlet Pimpernel."... A mild-mannered professor of archeology digging up relics in wartime Germany doubles as a Scarlet Pimpernel-like hero helping prominent artists and intellectuals escape the Nazis. Written, produced, directed by and starring Leslie Howard, star of 1935's "Scarlet Pimpernel." [More]