Summary
’Pimpernel’ Smith is a British war film first released in 1941,
directed by Leslie Howard.
The film is based on a novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy and stars Leslie Howard, Francis L. Sullivan, Mary Morris, Hugh McDermott and Raymond Huntley.
It has also been released under the title: Mister V.
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
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Credits
- Director: Leslie Howard
- Script: Ian Dalrymple, Anatole de Grunwald, A.G. Macdonald, Baroness Emmuska Orczy (novel), Roland Pertwee, Wolfgang Wilhelm
- Photo: Mutz Greenbaum
- Music: John Greenwood
- Cast: Leslie Howard (Professor Horatio Smith), Francis L. Sullivan (General von Graum), Mary Morris (Ludmilla Koslowski), Hugh McDermott (David Maxwell), Raymond Huntley (Marx), Manning Whiley (Bertie Gregson), Peter Gawthorne (Sidimir Koslowski), Allan Jeayes (Dr. Beckendorf), Dennis Arundell (Hoffman), Joan Kemp-Welch (Teacher), Philip Friend (Spencer), Laurence Kitchin (Clarence Elstead), David Tomlinson (Steve), Basil Appleby (Jock MacIntyre), Percy Walsh (Dvorak), Roland Pertwee (Sir George Smith), A.E. Matthews (Earl of Meadowbrook), Aubrey Mallalieu (Dean), Ernest Butcher (Weber), Ben Williams (Graubitz), Hector Abbas (Karl Meyer), Oriel Ross (Lady Willoughby), George Street (Schmidt), Arthur Hambling (Jordan), Suzanne Clair (Salesgirl), Charles Paton (Steinhof), Roddy Hughes (Zigor), Mary Brown (Girl Student), W. Phillips (Innkeeper), Ilse Bard (Gretchen), Ernest Verne (German Officer), Richard George (Prison Guard), Hwfa Pryce (Wagner), Bryan Herbert (Jaromir), Neal Arden (Second Prisoner), Elwyn Brook-Jones (Bit Part), Sebastian Cabot (Bit Role), Peter Cozens (Man), Arthur Denton (Gestapo Man Following Smith), Irene Handl (Bit Part), Vincent Holman (Doctor At Diggings), Ronald Howard (Bit Part), Stuart Latham (Telephone Operator), Michael Rennie (Prison camp officer), Charles Rolfe (German Officer At Customs), John Slater (Reporter), Harry Terry (Camp Guard)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 120 min; B&W
- Aka: Mister V; The Fighting Pimpernel
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