The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
Overview
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.
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
Eugene Deckers
Captain Merieres
David Oxley
Captain Duroc
John Longden
The Abbot
Arthur Wontner
Lord Grenville
David Hutcheson
Lord Anthony Dewhurst
Robert Coote
Sir Andrew ffoulkes
Patrick Macnee
Hon. John BristowRecommendations
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