The Elusive Pimpernel
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
Writer
Emeric Pressburger, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Michael Powell
Language
English
Top 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