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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 film 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.
Original Release
11/07/1950
US Release
04/17/1954
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Niven | The Scarlet Pimpernel / Sir Percy Blakeney / Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney |
Margaret Leighton | Marguerite Blakeney |
Cyril Cusack | Chauvelin |
Jack Hawkins | Footpad attacking Lord Anthony / Prince of Wales |
Arlette Marchal | Contesses de Tournai |
Gérard Néry | Philippe de Tournai |
Danielle Godet | Suzanne de Tournai |
Edmond Audran | Armand St. Juste |
Charles Victor | Colonel Winterbotham |
Eugene Deckers | Captain Merieres |
Directors
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Writers
Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Niven | The Scarlet Pimpernel / Sir Percy Blakeney / Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney |
Margaret Leighton | Marguerite Blakeney |
Cyril Cusack | Chauvelin |
Jack Hawkins | Footpad attacking Lord Anthony / Prince of Wales |
Arlette Marchal | Contesses de Tournai |
Gérard Néry | 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 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Powell | Producer |
Emeric Pressburger | Producer |
George R. Busby | Producer |
Alexander Korda | Producer |