The Elusive Pimpernel

(1950)

★ 6 IMDb · 10 votes

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance

Year: 1950

Runtime: 109 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Cast: Дэвид Нивен, Margaret Leighton, Сирил Кьюсак, Jack Hawkins, Arlette Marchal, Gérard Néry, Charles Victor, Danielle Godet, Edmond Audran, Eugene Deckers

Plot

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.