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"Pimpernel" Smith

"Pimpernel" Smith

7,0 /10 (31 Votes)
1941 EN 120 min

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.

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Release date

28/07/1941

Votes

31

Popularity

1.6

The man the Gestapo hates!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

120 min

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

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Dennis Arundell

Hoffman

Joan Kemp-Welch

Joan Kemp-Welch

School-Teacher

Philip Friend

Philip Friend

Spencer

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Laurence Kitchin

Clarence Elstead

David Tomlinson

David Tomlinson

Steve

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Basil Appleby

Jock MacIntyre

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Percy Walsh

Dvorak

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Suzanne Clair

Salesgirl

Roland Pertwee

Roland Pertwee

Embassy Official - Sir George Smith

Charles Paton

Charles Paton

Steinhof

Aubrey Mallalieu

Aubrey Mallalieu

Dean

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George Street

Schmidt

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Oriel Ross

Lady Willoughby

Bryan Herbert

Bryan Herbert

Jaromir

Arthur Hambling

Arthur Hambling

Jordan

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Ben Williams

Graubitz

Ernest Butcher

Ernest Butcher

Weber

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Mary Brown

Girl Student

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W. Phillip

Innkeeper

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Ilse Bard

Gretchen

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Ernest Verne

German Officer

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Hector Abbas

Karl Meyer

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Neal Arden

Second Prisoner

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Richard George

Prison Guard

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Roddy Hughes

Zigor

Hugh Pryse

Hugh Pryse

Wagner

Michael Brennan

Michael Brennan

Camp Guard with Lantern

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Elwyn Brook-Jones

Bit Part

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

Bit Role

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Peter Cozens

Man

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Arthur Denton

Gestapo Man Following Smith

Irene Handl

Irene Handl

Bit Part

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Vincent Holman

Doctor at Diggings

Ronald Howard

Ronald Howard

Minor Role

Stuart Latham

Stuart Latham

Telephone Operator

Michael Rennie

Michael Rennie

Prison Camp Officer

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Charles Rolfe

German Officer at Customs

John Slater

John Slater

Reporter

Harry Terry

Harry Terry

Camp Guard

A.E. Matthews

A.E. Matthews

Earl of Meadowbrook

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-06-25

⭐ 7

Leslie Howard is on good form here as the outwardly fastidious academic with a secret to keep. He decides to offer some of his students an holiday trip to Germany (just the boys!) so they can try to establish once and for all whether there was an "Aryan" race there. Quickly we discover he also has an hand in rescuing many creative and scientifically minded for the evil clutch of the Nazis and their chocolate eating boss "General von Graum" (Francis L. Sullivan). As the students get in on the act, it's the American "David" (Hugh McDermott) who is most itching for action and it's also him who fa…

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