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'Pimpernel' Smith( 1941)

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The man the Gestapo hates!

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Leslie Howard

      Professor Horatio Smith

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      Francis L. Sullivan

      General von Graum

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      Mary Morris

      Ludmilla Koslowski

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      Hugh McDermott

      David Maxwell

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      Raymond Huntley

      Marx

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      Manning Whiley

      Bertie Gregson

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      Peter Gawthorne

      Sidimir Koslowski

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      Allan Jeayes

      Dr Benckendorf

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      Dennis Arundell

      Hoffman

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      Joan Kemp-Welch

      School-Teacher

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      Philip Friend

      Spencer

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      Laurence Kitchin

      Clarence Elstead

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      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

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      Roland Pertwee

      Embassy Official - Sir George Smith

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      Charles Paton

      Steinhof

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      Aubrey Mallalieu

      Dean

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      George Street

      Schmidt

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      Oriel Ross

      Lady Willoughby

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      Bryan Herbert

      Jaromir

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      Arthur Hambling

      Jordan

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      Ben Williams

      Graubitz

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      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

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      Hugh Pryse

      Wagner

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      Michael Brennan

      Camp Guard with Lantern

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      Elwyn Brook-Jones

      Bit Part

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      Sebastian Cabot

      Bit Role

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      Peter Cozens

      Man

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      Arthur Denton

      Gestapo Man Following Smith

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      Irene Handl

      Bit Part

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      Vincent Holman

      Doctor at Diggings

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      Ronald Howard

      Minor Role

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      Stuart Latham

      Telephone Operator

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      Michael Rennie

      Prison Camp Officer

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      Charles Rolfe

      German Officer at Customs

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      John Slater

      Reporter

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      Harry Terry

      Camp Guard

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      A.E. Matthews

      Earl of Meadowbrook

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jun 25 2022
    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 fal...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • nazi
    • world war ii
    • british spy