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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:
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fictional heroes join the war effort 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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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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Concerning this film, I can't decide if my soft spot is for the always superb Leslie Howard, or for one of the old heroes of literature, resurrected to fight the nazi menace. This is a clever update of the Scarlet Pimpernel story. I found this re-incarnation of the classic much more enjoyable than the original. It was even more fun than another personal favorite, Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, who came back in the 1940's to do his bit for king and country against the Third Reich.
Albeit, very light fair, films like this were more to entertain and keep spirits high in not so certain times. The horrors of war can be looked back upon, but to push onward, the propaganda of the day was to show the enemy as almost comical foes, outwitted by the ever sensible Englishman. Leslie Howard plays this role beautifully and it remains one of my favorite performances by him...