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"Pimpernel" Smith (released in the US as Mister V) is a 1941 British anti-Nazi thriller, produced and directed by its star Leslie Howard, which updates his role in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) from Revolutionary France to pre-Second World War Europe.
'Pimpernel' Smith: Directed by Leslie Howard. With Leslie Howard, Allan Jeayes, Francis L. Sullivan, Mary Morris. Professor Horatio Smith, while seeming very unassuming, rescues victims of Nazi persecution during World War II.
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- 1941-07-28
English archaeologist Horatio Smith (Leslie Howard) takes his students to Germany before the start of World War II to study the existence of early Aryans.
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Jan 24, 2021 · Lakeshore Classic Movies. Pimpernel Smith (1941) 01/24/2021 | 1h 55m 55s |. My List. Seemingly mild-mannered archaeology professor (Leslie Howard) travels to Nazi Germany to do research on the...
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Summaries. Professor Horatio Smith, while seeming very unassuming, rescues victims of Nazi persecution during World War II. Spring, 1939. The Nazis are frustrated that a number of men, German nationals and non-nationals alike that have refused to work for them, have managed to escape from the country with the aid of unknown rescuers or perhaps ...
"Pimpernel" Smith is a 1941 British anti-Nazi thriller, produced and directed by its star Leslie Howard, which updates his role in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) from Revolutionary France to pre-Second World War Europe. The British Film Yearbook for 1945 described his work as "one of the most valuable facets of British propaganda".
