The Fighting Pimpernel

Based On the book by Emma Orczy

The Elusive Pimpernel is a 1950 British period adventure film by the British-based director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. It was released in the United States under the title The Fighting Pimpernel. The picture stars David Niven as Sir Percy Blakeney (a.k.a. The Scarlet Pimpernel) and Margaret Leighton as Marguerite Blakeney and features Jack Hawkins, Cyril Cusack and Robert Coote.

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Release date:

1950

Director:

Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

Cast:

David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Arlette Marchal, Arthur Wontner, Cyril Cusack

Genre:

Adventure, Swashbuckler

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

1950 in adaptations