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'Pimpernel' Smith (1941)
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26 July 1941 (UK) morePlot:
This is a modernized version of the Scarlet Pimpernel theme. Howard plays a character who while seeming very unassuming... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
excellent one of my favourite films moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Leslie Howard | ... | Professor Horatio Smith |
| Francis L. Sullivan | ... | General von Graum (as Francis Sullivan) |
| Mary Morris | ... | Ludmilla Koslowski |
| Hugh McDermott | ... | David Maxwell |
| Raymond Huntley | ... | Marx |
| Manning Whiley | ... | Bertie Gregson |
| Peter Gawthorne | ... | Sidimir Koslowski |
| Allan Jeayes | ... | Dr. Beckendorf |
| Dennis Arundell | ... | Hoffman |
| Joan Kemp-Welch | ... | Teacher |
| Philip Friend | ... | Spencer |
| Laurence Kitchin | ... | Clarence Elstead (as Lawrence Kitchen) |
| David Tomlinson | ... | Steve |
| Basil Appleby | ... | Jock MacIntyre |
| Percy Walsh | ... | Dvorak |
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120 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Sound System)Fun Stuff
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Professor Horatio Smith: [having just dodged the Nazis again] Well I'm almost ashamed to use that old trick. But it nearly always works. moreFAQ
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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.