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The Elusive Pimpernel

on BBC One London

The feature film starring David Niven and Margaret Leighton
'They seek him here, they seek him there.
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere....'
The daring exploits of Baroness Orczy's famous Scarlet Pimpernel. Sir Percy Blakeney , an indolent London dandy, is also leader of a league of young men whose purpose is to rescue French aristocrats from the clutches of Citizen Chauvelin.
Written, produced and directed by MICHAEL POWELL and EMERIC PRESSBURGER Films: pape 11

Contributors

Unknown:
David Niven
Unknown:
Margaret Leighton
Unknown:
Sir Percy Blakeney
Directed By:
Michael Powell
Unknown:
Emeric Pressburger
Sir Percy Blakeney:
David Niven
Lady Blakeney:
Blakeney Leighton
Chauvelin:
Cyril Cusack
Prince of Wales:
Jack Hawkins
Lord Anthony Dewhurst:
David Hutcheson
Sir Andrew ffoulkes:
Robert Coote

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