The Elusive Pimpernel is a 1950 British period adventure film by the British-based director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. It was released in the United States under the title The Fighting Pimpernel. The picture stars David Niven as Sir Percy Blakeney, Margaret Leighton as Marguerite Blakeney and features Jack Hawkins, Cyril Cusack and Robert Coote. Originally intended to be a musical, the film was re-worked as a light-hearted drama.

The Fighting Pimpernel (1950)
Directed by Emeric Pressburger / Michael Powell
Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Swashbuckler Film |
Release Date - Nov 7, 1950 |
Run Time - 88 min. |
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Movie Info
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Film Based On A Novel, The Scarlet Pimpernel
Attributes
Based On: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Narrative Location: France
Narrative Location: France
Alternate Titles
Aventuras de Pimpinela Escarlate
BR
Das dunkelrote Siegel
DE
Das Geheimnis der scharlachroten Blume
AT
De onvindbare Pimpernel
NL
De ridder van Londen
BE
Den gäckande nejlikan
SE
Den listige pimpernel
DK
Den røde Pimpernel blir brysom
NO
El libertador
ES
El pimpernela triunfante
AR
El pimpinela triunfante
MX
Evazivul Pimpernel
RO
L'inafferabile primula rossa
IT
Le chevalier de Londres
BE, FR
O Libertador
PT
O pimpinela escarlate
BR
Pettävä Punainen Neilikka
FI
Stin kopsi tis laimitomou
GR
The Elusive Pimpernel
, CA, GB
The Fighting Pimpernel
, US
快傑紅はこべ
JP