"Pimpernel" Smith
Feature film · 116 min · dir. Leslie Howard
The man the Gestapo hates!
- Adventure
- Drama
- Thriller
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Leslie Howard
- Writer
- Anatole de Grunwald
- Composer
- John Greenwood
- Cinematography
- Mutz Greenbaum
- Studio
- British National Films
- Released
- 1941-07-28
- Awards
- 4 wins total
- Running time
- 116 minutes
Cast & crew
Leslie Howard Director- Leslie Howard
Francis L. Sullivan
Mary Morris
Hugh McDermott
Raymond Huntley
Manning Whiley
Peter Gawthorne
Allan Jeayes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · America The last bastion of freedom · Son of Liberty968 · 2022-04-04
God bless Howard for putting ideals above money. Belief in one’s ideals in the face of the disintegration and attempted destruction of society are admirably portrayed in the classic movie.
★★★★★ · Inspiring! · curvalecce · 2023-06-23
A beautiful film, sadly still needed in a world of brutal woke madness and Islamic violence. Winning out by doing the right thing is what we should all be aiming for. BTW, I would like to remind the yanks we in Blighty were fighting the failed Austrian housepainter's goons while General Motors was still giving handouts to the bad guys. Yes, ordinary Americans fought with great courage in Europe and the Pacific, but their heroic sacrifices in the former area were made necessary by the 'too-rich-to-pay-taxes' brigade. Think about it, and enjoy the movie! <>
