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.… More 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 that he'll expose the criminal activities of her brother Armand (Edmund Audran). However, Marguerite doesn't much care for her husband, hardly believes he could be the heroic Pimpernel, and is startled when she finds out that he truly is the masked vigilante. The Elusive Pimpernel was originally shot in color as a musical, but the musical numbers were cut before the film was released, and the picture's American distributor chose to make only black-and-white prints (though the current home-video release is in color). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Powell
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
Unrated,
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Cast
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David Niven
as Scarlet Pimpernel/Sir Percy Blakeney
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Margaret Leighton
as Marguerite Blakeney
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Jack Hawkins
as Prince of Wales
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Cyril Cusack
as Chauvelin
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Robert Coote
as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
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David Hutcheson
as Lord Anthony Dewhurst
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Arlette Marchal
as Countesse de Tournai
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Terry Alexander
as Duke of Dorset
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Edmund Audran
as Armand St. Juste
- Peter Copley
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Eugene Deckers
as Capt. Meiieres
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Tom Duggan
as Earl of Sligo
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Archie Duncan
as Man in bath
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John Fitzgerald
as Sir Michael Travers
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Richard George
as Sir John Coke
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Danielle Godet
as Suzanne de Touman
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Hugh Kelly
as Mr. Fitzdrummond
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John Longden
as Abbot
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Patrick Macnee
as Hon. John Bristow
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Gerard Nery
as Phillipe de Toumai
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David Oxley
as Capt. Duroc
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Raymond Rollett
as Bibot
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Philip Stainton
as Jellyband
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Howard Vernon
as Comte de Tournai
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Charles Victor
as Col. Winterbottom
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Arthur Wontner
as Lord Grenville
- Michael Powell
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John Hewitt
as Maj. Pretty
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George de Warfaz
as Baron
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Jane Gill Davies
as Lady Grenville
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Robert Griffiths
as Trubshaw
