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The Elusive Pimpernel

The Elusive Pimpernel

1969TV Mini Series⏱️ 4h 10m
Adventure
8.2
IMDB Rating
10 votes

Who is the Scarlet Pimpernel, rescuer of condemned French aristocrats from the Revolution? Surely it can't be the effete Sir Percy Blakeney?

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Anton Rodgers, Roy Marsden, John Stratton
Release Date
April 20, 1969
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Anton Rodgers
Anton Rodgers
as Sir Percy Blakeney
Roy Marsden
Roy Marsden
as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
John Stratton
John Stratton
as Héron
Bernard Hepton
Bernard Hepton
as Chauvelin
Norma West
Norma West
as Desirée Candeille
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Malcolm Reynolds
as Armand St. Just
Diane Fletcher
Diane Fletcher
as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
Richard Morant
Richard Morant
as Lord Tony Dewhurst
Jonathan Newth
Jonathan Newth
as Lord Hastings
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Frederick Hall
as Sergeant Bibot

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

Adventure

⭐ Featured Review

Desperately seeking Percy
by wifeofbath2004-11-13
10/10

"The most romantic Percy to date, bar none!!!!! Looks like I'm talking to myself here, but Anton Rogers was just wonderful as the Pimpernel, and Diane Fletcher as Lady Blakeney had none of the irritating qualities - a kind of smugness seeming almost de rigueur - that have seemed to attach to every other performance of Marguerite I've seen. In fact the whole cast were splendid, with Bernard Hepton a particularly disagreeable, sinister Chauvelin. I guess that I'll never get to see it again, what with so many versions having been made since - they just aren't as good... of c..."

💡 Did You Know?

All episodes are believed to be lost.

📖 Synopsis

Who is the Scarlet Pimpernel, rescuer of condemned French aristocrats from the Revolution? Surely it can't be the effete Sir Percy Blakeney?