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The Elusive Pimpernel

6.0(10)19501h 49m2

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$480K
Box office
$140K
Language
English

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical17 Apr 1954
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU7 Nov 1950

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The Elusive Pimpernel was released on 7 November 1950.

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    CinemaSerf

    4/4/2022

    7/10

    David Niven takes on the mantle of Baroness Orczy's hero in this classy but a little lightweight take on the escapades of the "Scarlet Pimpernel". Hugely successful at smuggling doomed artisto's from under the nose of the Reign of Terror, the French authorities charge "Chauvelin" (Cyril Cusack) to track down the culprit. He has some leverage with the new and glamorous "Lady Blakeney" (Margaret Leighton) and so offers…

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