The Fighting Pimpernel
Also known as The Elusive Pimpernel
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.
- Released
- 1950
- Directed by
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Starring
- David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins
- With
- Cyril Cusack, Robert Coote, Arlette Marchal, Arthur Wontner, Danielle Godet, Howard Vernon, John Longden, Patrick Macnee, Philip Stainton, Terence Alexander, Tommy Duggan, Edmond Audran
- Genre
- Adventure
- Studio
- London Films
- Distributor
- British Lion Films
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Running time
- 109 minutes (1 hr 49 min)