The Elusive Pimpernel
1950 · 1h 49m · Adventure, Drama, History · United Kingdom · Rated U (GB)
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.
Based on the novel by
Baroness Emmuska Orczy6.0Smart score
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