The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
1h 44m
Running Time
November 7, 1950Release Date
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
1h 44m
Running Time
November 7, 1950Release Date
Plot.
A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.
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Cast & Crew.
David Niven
Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel
Margaret Leighton
Marguerite Blakeney
Cyril Cusack
Chauvelin
Arlette Marchal
Contesses de Tournai
Jack Hawkins
Prince of Wales / Footpad attacking Lord Anthony
Michael Powell
Director
Gérard Néry
Philippe de Tournai
Emeric Pressburger
Director
Charles Victor
Colonel Winterbotham
Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Writer
Danielle Godet
Suzanne de Tournai
Brian Easdale
Composer
Edmond Audran
Armand St. Juste
Christopher Challis
Cinematographer
Eugene Deckers
Captain Merieres
Reginald Mills
Editor
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
Media.
Details.
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The Elusive Pimpernel is a 1950 British period adventure film by the British-based director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. It was released in the United States under the title The Fighting Pimpernel. The picture stars David Niven as Sir Percy Blakeney (a.k.a. The Scarlet Pimpernel), Margaret Leighton as Marguerite Blakeney and features Jack Hawkins, Cyril Cusack and Robert Coote. Originally intended to be a musical, the film was re-worked as a light-hearted drama.