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The Elusive Pimpernel

6.019501h 49mMovieAdventureDramaRomance

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…

DirectorsMichael Powell·Emeric Pressburger
WritersEmeric Pressburger·Michael Powell
ProducersMichael Powell·Emeric Pressburger

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Cast · Directed by Michael Powell

DNDavid Niven
David Niven
Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
MLMargaret Leighton
Margaret Leighton
Marguerite Blakeney
CCCyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack
Chauvelin
JHJack Hawkins
Jack Hawkins
Prince of Wales
AMArlette Marchal
Arlette Marchal
Contesses de Tournai
GNGérard Néry
Gérard Néry
Philippe de Tournai
CVCharles Victor
Charles Victor
Colonel Winterbotham
DGDanielle Godet
Danielle Godet
Suzanne de Tournai
EA
Edmond Audran
Armand St. Juste
EDEugene Deckers
Eugene Deckers
Captain Merieres
DODavid Oxley
David Oxley
Captain Duroc
RR
Raymond Rollett
Bibot

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The Elusive Pimpernel hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 26, 1950. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.