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"Pimpernel" Smith

1941-07-28 · 120 min · ★ 7.1

Adventure · Drama · Thriller

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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Directors
Leslie Howard
Production companies
British National Films
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

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Leslie HowardLeslie HowardProfessor Horatio Smith
Francis L. SullivanGeneral von Graum
Mary MorrisMary MorrisLudmilla Koslowski
Hugh McDermottHugh McDermottDavid Maxwell
Raymond HuntleyRaymond HuntleyMarx
Manning WhileyManning WhileyBertie Gregson
Peter GawthornePeter GawthorneSidimir Koslowski
Allan JeayesAllan JeayesDr Benckendorf
Dennis ArundellHoffman
Joan Kemp-WelchJoan Kemp-WelchSchool-Teacher
Philip FriendPhilip FriendSpencer
Laurence KitchinClarence Elstead
David TomlinsonDavid TomlinsonSteve
Basil ApplebyJock MacIntyre
Percy WalshDvorak
Suzanne ClairSalesgirl
Roland PertweeRoland PertweeEmbassy Official - Sir George Smith
Charles PatonCharles PatonSteinhof
Aubrey MallalieuAubrey MallalieuDean
George StreetSchmidt

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