Movie Description
'Pimpernel' Smith
(1941)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Leslie Howard
- Producer : Leslie Howard
- Editor : Douglas Myers
- Cast : Leslie Howard,Francis L. Sullivan,Mary Morris,Hugh McDermott,Raymond Huntley,Manning Whiley,Peter Gawthorne,Allan Jeayes,Dennis Arundell,Joan Kemp-Welch,Philip Friend,Laurence Kitchin,David Tomlinson,Basil Appleby,Percy Walsh,Suzanne Clair,Roland Pertwee,Charles Paton,Aubrey Mallalieu,George Street,Oriel Ross,Bryan Herbert,Arthur Hambling,Ben Williams,Ernest Butcher,Mary Brown,W. Phillip,Ilse Bard,Ernest Verne,Hector Abbas,Neal Arden,Richard George,Roddy Hughes,Hugh Pryse,Michael Brennan,Elwyn Brook-Jones,Sebastian Cabot,Peter Cozens,Arthur Denton,Irene Handl,Vincent Holman,Ronald Howard,Stuart Latham,Michael Rennie,Charles Rolfe,John Slater,Harry Terry,A.E. Matthews
Cast
Professor Horatio Smith
General von Graum
Ludmilla Koslowski
David Maxwell
Marx
Bertie Gregson
Sidimir Koslowski
Dr Benckendorf
Hoffman
School-Teacher
Spencer
Clarence Elstead
Steve
Jock MacIntyre
Dvorak
Salesgirl
Embassy Official - Sir George Smith
Steinhof
Dean
Schmidt
Lady Willoughby
Jaromir
Jordan
Graubitz
Weber
Girl Student
Innkeeper
Gretchen
German Officer
Karl Meyer
Second Prisoner
Prison Guard
Zigor
Wagner
Camp Guard with Lantern
Bit Part
Bit Role
Man
Gestapo Man Following Smith
Bit Part
Doctor at Diggings
Minor Role
Telephone Operator
Prison Camp Officer
German Officer at Customs
Reporter
Camp Guard
Earl of Meadowbrook
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Facts
Original Title'Pimpernel' Smith
Status Released
Release Information
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1941-07-28
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 00m
Production CompaniesBritish National Films
Genres
- Adventure
- Drama
- Thriller