'Pimpernel' Smith (1941)Professor Horatio Smith, who while seeming very unassuming, rescues victims of Nazi persecution during World War II. Director:Leslie Howard |
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Allan Jeayes | ... |
Dr. Benckendorf
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Peter Gawthorne | ... |
Sidimir Koslowski
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Ernest Butcher | ... |
Weber
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Ben Williams | ... |
Graubitz
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Professor Horatio Smith
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Arthur Hambling | ... |
Jordan
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Joan Kemp-Welch | ... |
School-Teacher
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Hugh McDermott | ... |
David Maxwell
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Manning Whiley | ... |
Bertie Gregson
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Philip Friend | ... |
Spencer
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Basil Appleby | ... |
Jock MacIntyre
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Laurence Kitchin | ... |
Clarence Elstead
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Steve
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Mary Brown | ... |
Girl Student
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Aubrey Mallalieu | ... |
Dean
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It is mid-1939 and both Germany and England are preparing for an inevitable conflict. Professor Horatio Smith, an effete academic, asks his students to come with him to the continent to engage in an archaeological dig. When his students discover that the professor is the man responsible for smuggling a number of enemies of the Nazi state out of Germany, they enthusiastically join him in his fight. But things are complicated when one of his students brings a mysterious woman into their circle; a woman who is secretly working for the Gestapo. Written by Alfred Jingle
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Leslie Howard in his greatest role since "Pygmalion"! See more »Certificate:
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UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 July 1941 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Mister V See more »Filming Locations:
D&P Studios, Denham Studio, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UKCompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Sound System) (at D & P Studios Denham England)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Professor Horatio Smith: Don't worry, I shall be back...
[Gunshots from the general fire through the smoke]
Professor Horatio Smith: ...we shall *all* be back.
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Father Leslie Howard and his son Ronald Howard, both appeared in this film together. See more »Goofs
At the reception in the English embassy, Professor Smith misquotes Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. He mispronounces "borogoves" in the third line of the poem as "borogroves". See more »Quotes
[after Professor Horatio Smith disappears behind a cloud of smoke]Professor Horatio Smith: Don't worry, I shall be back...
[Gunshots from the general fire through the smoke]
Professor Horatio Smith: ...we shall *all* be back.
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Leslie Howard plays absent minded professor in updated version of the scarlet pimpernel spiriting away enemies of Nazi Germany.Set almost at the outbreak of world war II the film is clearly anti Nazi propaganda with classic quips such as "that is to stop the oppressed Swiss from escaping into free Germany".The Germans are typically portrayed as bungling half wits afraid of their masters with the exception of Francis Sullivan's character Graum who is portrayed as a parody of Herman Goering. I love this film despite its limitations and deficiencies it reminds me of a happier bygone England, it is full of humour,a hint of romance and plenty of adventure. Great.