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"Pimpernel" Smith

"Pimpernel" Smith

The man the Gestapo hates!

19417.22h 0m

Overview

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.

Directed by Leslie Howard
Written by Anatole de Grunwald, A. G. MacDonell, Wolfgang Wilhelm
Produced by Leslie Howard
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Top Cast

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

Professor Horatio Smith

Francis L. Sullivan

Francis L. Sullivan

General von Graum

Mary Morris

Mary Morris

Ludmilla Koslowski

Hugh McDermott

Hugh McDermott

David Maxwell

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

Marx

Manning Whiley

Manning Whiley

Bertie Gregson

Peter Gawthorne

Peter Gawthorne

Sidimir Koslowski

Allan Jeayes

Allan Jeayes

Dr Benckendorf

D

Dennis Arundell

Hoffman

Joan Kemp-Welch

Joan Kemp-Welch

School-Teacher

Themes & Keywords

naziworld war iibritish spy

About "Pimpernel" Smith

"Pimpernel" Smith is a adventure, drama, thriller film released in 1941 exploring themes of nazi, world war ii, british spy. Directed by Leslie Howard, it stars Leslie Howard, Francis L. Sullivan, Mary Morris. Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.

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