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The Elusive Pimpernel
6.0(10)19501h 49m
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.
- Director
- Michael Powell,Emeric Pressburger
- Writers
- Emeric Pressburger,Michael Powell
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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
Edmond Audran
Armand St. Juste

Eugene Deckers
Captain Merieres

David Oxley
Captain Duroc
Raymond Rollett
Bibot
Philip Stainton
Jellyband

John Longden
The Abbot
George De Warfaz
Baron

Arthur Wontner
Lord Grenville
Richard George
Sir John Coke

David Hutcheson
Lord Anthony Dewhurst

Robert Coote
Sir Andrew ffoulkes

Patrick Macnee
Hon. John Bristow

Terence Alexander
Duke of Dorset
Richmond Nairne
Beau Pepys

Howard Vernon
Comte de Tournai
Crew
Directing
- Michael PowellDirector
- Emeric PressburgerDirector
Writing
- Emeric PressburgerWriter
- Baroness Emmuska OrczyNovel
- Michael PowellWriter
Production
- Emeric PressburgerProducer
- Michael PowellProducer
- George R. BusbyProduction Assistant
Camera
- Christopher ChallisDirector of Photography
Editing
- Reginald MillsEditor
Sound
- Brian EasdaleMusic
Art
- Arthur LawsonArt Direction
- Hein HeckrothProduction Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Ivy BakerCostume Design
- Nandi HeckrothCostume Design
- Bernard SarronCostume Design