The Elusive Pimpernel

Name: The Elusive Pimpernel
Cast: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Cyril Cusack, Jack Hawkins, Arlette Marchal

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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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Cast & Crew

Directors: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

David Niven

as Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney

Margaret Leighton

as Marguerite Blakeney

Cyril Cusack

as Chauvelin

Jack Hawkins

as Prince of Wales

Arlette Marchal

as Contesses de Tournai

Gérard Néry

as Philippe de Tournai

Charles Victor

as Colonel Winterbotham

Danielle Godet

as Suzanne de Tournai

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