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The Elusive Pimpernel
UNITED KINGDOM · 1950

The Elusive Pimpernel

Michael Powell
double identity French Revolution aristocratic rescue espionage and deception marital conflict
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Synopsis

Foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, who secretly leads a double life as the daring rescuer of French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution, fights to save his brother-in-law while his wife is manipulated by the villainous Chauvelin into helping capture him, unaware of her husband's true identity.

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