'Pimpernel' Smith (1941)

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Released:
1941-07-28

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.

Director:
Leslie Howard

Runtime:
2h 0min

Genre:
Adventure, Drama, Thriller

  • Cast:
  • Leslie Howard
    as
    Professor Horatio Smith
  • Francis L. Sullivan
    as
    General von Graum
  • Mary Morris
    as
    Ludmilla Koslowski
  • Hugh McDermott
    as
    David Maxwell
  • Raymond Huntley
    as
    Marx