The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)

Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Adventure / Drama / Romance stars 3

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The Elusive Pimpernel is a British romantic film drama first released in 1950, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Cyril Cusack, Jack Hawkins and Arlette Marchal. It has also been released under the title: The Fighting Pimpernel. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Script: Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Photo: Christopher Challis
Music: Brian Easdale
Cast: David Niven (Sir Percy Blakeney), Margaret Leighton (Marguerite Blakeney), Cyril Cusack (Chauvelin), Jack Hawkins (Prince of Wales), Arlette Marchal (Contesses de Tournai), Gérard Nery (Philippe de Tournai), Danielle Godet (Suzanne de Tournai), Edmond Audran (Armand St. Juste), Charles Victor (Colonel Winterbotham), Eugene Deckers (Captain Merieres), David Oxley (Captain Duroc), Raymond Rollett (Bibot), Philip Stainton (Jellyband), John Longden (The Abbot), Robert Griffiths (Trubshaw), George De Warfaz (Baron), Arthur Wontner (Lord Grenville), Jane Gill-Davis (Lady Grenville), Richard George (Sir John Coke), Cherry Cottrell (Lady Coke), David Hutcheson (Lord Anthony Dewhurst), Robert Coote (Sir Andrew ffoulkes), John Fitzgerald (Sir Michael Travers), Patrick Macnee (Hon. John Bristow), Terence Alexander (Duke of Dorset), Tommy Duggan (Earl of Sligo), John Fitchen (Nigel Seymour), Jon Hewitt (Major Fretty), Hugh Kelly (Dr. Fitzdrummond), Richmond Nairne (Beau Pepys), Archie Duncan (Man in bath), James Lomas (Man in bath), Howard Vernon (Comte de Tournai), Robert Cawdron (Doorman At The French Embassy), Peter Copley (Tailor), Richard England (captain of schooner, The Daydream), Peter Gawthorne (Chauvelin’s butler), Sally Newland, Bert Varley (Prinny’s coachman)
Country: UK
Language: English
Runtime: 109 min
Aka: The Fighting Pimpernel

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