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.

Cast

David Niven

Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

Margaret Leighton

Marguerite Blakeney

Cyril Cusack

Chauvelin

Jack Hawkins

Prince of Wales

Arlette Marchal

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