Pimpernel Smith (The Fighting Pimpernel) (Mister V) (1941)

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The "Scarlet Pimpernel" legend is updated to WW2 in the breathless actioner Pimpernel Smith. Leslie Howard (who also directed) plays bespectacled and seemingly mild-mannered Professor Smith, who under cover of darkness transforms into a tireless defender of democracy. With the help of several loyal… More The "Scarlet Pimpernel" legend is updated to WW2 in the breathless actioner Pimpernel Smith. Leslie Howard (who also directed) plays bespectacled and seemingly mild-mannered Professor Smith, who under cover of darkness transforms into a tireless defender of democracy. With the help of several loyal companions, Smith makes several forays into Nazi-occupied territories to rescue the oppressed victims of the Third Reich, using a phony archeological expedition to throw the villains off the track. The picture really roars into life during the cat-and-mouse exchanges between the Professor and his Gestapo antagonist Von Graum, phlegmatically enacted by the corpulent Francis L. Sullivan. In some markets, Pimpernel Smith was retitled Mister V. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 2 hr. 1 min.
Directed By: Leslie Howard
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Jul 26, 1941 Wide

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Cast

            Leslie Howard as Prof. Horatio Smith

            Francis L. Sullivan as Gen. von Graum

            Mary Morris as Ludmilla Koslowski

            Peter Gawthorne as Sidimir Koslowski

            Raymond Huntley as Marx

            Hector Abbas as Karl Meyer

            Dennis Arundell as Hoffman

            Elwyn Brook-Jones
            
            Phillip Friend as Spencer

            Richard George as Prison Guard

            Roddy Hughes as Zigor

            Allan Jeayes as Dr. Beckendorf

            Joan Kemp-Welch as Teacher

            Aubrey Mallalieu as Dean

            A.E. Matthews as Earl of Meadowbrook

            Hugh McDermott as David Maxwell

            Charles Paton as Steinhof

            Oriel Ross as Lady Willoughby

            David Tomlinson as Steve

            Percy Walsh as Dvorak

            Manning Whiley as Bertie Gregson

            Ben Ames Williams as Graubitz

            Basil Appleby as Jock McIntyre

            Lawrence Kitchen as Clarence Elstead

            Roland Pertwee as Sir George Smith

            Ernest Butcher as Weber

            George Street as Schmidt

            Brian Herbert as Jaromir

            Arthur Hambling as Jordan

            Ronald Howard
            
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