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'Pimpernel' Smith

Professor Horatio Smith, while seeming very unassuming, rescues victims of Nazi persecution during World War II.

Director

Leslie Howard

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, thriller

Box Office

N/A

Production

British National Films

Awards

1 win

Professor Horatio Smith

Dr. Benckendorf

General von Graum

Francis L. Sullivan

Ludmilla Koslowski

David Maxwell

Marx

Raymond Huntley

Bertie Gregson

Sidimir Koslowski

Peter Gawthorne

Hoffman

Dennis Arundell

School-Teacher

Joan Kemp-Welch

Spencer

Clarence Elstead

Laurence Kitchin

Steve

David Tomlinson

Jock MacIntyre

Dvorak

Earl of Meadowbrook

Dean

Aubrey Mallalieu

Graubitz

Weber

Jordan

Arthur Hambling

Betty

Innkeeper

Gretchen

Hans

Schmidt

Karl Meyer

Second Prisoner

Embassy Official - Sir George Smith

Prison Guard

Zigor

Wagner

Lady Willoughby

Jaromir

Salesgirl

Steinhof

Camp Guard with Lantern

Michael Brennan

Bit Part

Elwyn Brook-Jones

Bit Role

Sebastian Cabot

Man

Gestapo Man Following Smith

Bit Part

Self

Doctor at Diggings

Minor Role

Telephone Operator

Prison Camp Officer

German Officer at Customs

Reporter

Camp Guard

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- Have you got it?
- I think so, yes, I think so. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Have you got it? - I think so, yes, I think so.

There is a man outside,
he told me to give you this note. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

There is a man outside, he told me to give you this note.

- Let me read it.
- Thank you. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Let me read it. - Thank you.

- Please be careful please be careful.
- What I've to lose? - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Please be careful please be careful. - What I've to l...

In my newspaper Freedom - 'Pimpernel' Smith

In my newspaper Freedom

- Dr. Benckendorf?
- He has gone away. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Dr. Benckendorf? - He has gone away.

Get this, it's hot,
another big escape, Justin Prolov. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Get this, it's hot, another big escape, Justin Prolov.

The Minister of Propaganda instructs me to inform all foreign correspondents - 'Pimpernel' Smith

The Minister of Propaganda instructs me to inform all...

Jordan - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Yours is the unique privilege of looking after the fairest goddess of them all - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Yours is the unique privilege of looking after the fairest...

Look girls there's Juno No madam not Juno - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Look girls there's Juno No madam not Juno

Oh what do you expect Bibbi Archeologists are always a thousand years behind the times - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Oh what do you expect Bibbi Archeologists are always a...

Do you object to our presence here professor - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Do you object to our presence here professor

It seems such a paradox to kill a man before you can persuade him what's right - 'Pimpernel' Smith

It seems such a paradox to kill a man before you can...

We're at the German Swiss frontier gentlemen and the barbed wire is - 'Pimpernel' Smith

We're at the German Swiss frontier gentlemen and the...

And so gentlemen, to bed.
The call tomorrow morning is 5:30 A. M. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

And so gentlemen, to bed. The call tomorrow morning is 5:30 ...

- It's getting late Herr Professor.
- Thank you for reminding me my friend. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- It's getting late Herr Professor. - Thank you for rem...

♪ Goodnight ladies, goodnight ladies. ♪ - 'Pimpernel' Smith

♪ Goodnight ladies, goodnight ladies. ♪

If you're looking for dames,
there aren't enough to go around. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

If you're looking for dames, there aren't enough t...

- Anybody come in here just now?
- There's no one here but the English party. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Anybody come in here just now? - There's no one here ...

Well he's in Switzerland by now.
There'll be the devil to pay for this. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Well he's in Switzerland by now. There'll be the d...

- Oh, Hoffman...
- Yes? - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Oh, Hoffman... - Yes?

Schmidt and Marx, bring them here. Get them. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Schmidt and Marx, bring them here. Get them.

Very well then under duress - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Very well then under duress

- What did I tell you?
- Get rid of it, you fool. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- What did I tell you? - Get rid of it, you fool.

How do you expect be rescued from this place? - 'Pimpernel' Smith

How do you expect be rescued from this place?

Next time is any trouble
it'll be one of you scarecrows. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Next time is any trouble it'll be one of you scarecrows...

I wouldn't pay too much attention
to newspaper reports gentlemen. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

I wouldn't pay too much attention to newspaper reports ...

Well, I suppose one can
get a wash on this train. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Well, I suppose one can get a wash on this train.

Come here Wagner Herr General - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Come here Wagner Herr General

I hope you will be able to come to the Nuremberg rally - 'Pimpernel' Smith

I hope you will be able to come to the Nuremberg rally

Hello Bussy what you've been doing Absolutely nothing - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Hello Bussy what you've been doing Absolutely nothing

His excellency the Chilean ambassador. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

His excellency the Chilean ambassador.

Señor and señorita Goya. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Señor and señorita Goya.

I'm sorry sir. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Lady Willoughby Not the Professor Smith - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Lady Willoughby Not the Professor Smith

But we have one problem To be or not to be as our great German poet said - 'Pimpernel' Smith

But we have one problem To be or not to be as our great...

I think you made a mistake, this is my room. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

I think you made a mistake, this is my room.

What on earth you crying for? What I've done? - 'Pimpernel' Smith

What on earth you crying for? What I've done?

Yes, they are. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Born in France?
- Born in France. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Born in France? - Born in France.

Well my dear young lady I... - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Well my dear young lady I...

Say prof, I hate to interrupt the seance... - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Say prof, I hate to interrupt the seance...

You know the trouble with you propaganda boys - 'Pimpernel' Smith

You know the trouble with you propaganda boys

The journalists
are just arriving Herr Kommandant. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

The journalists are just arriving Herr Kommandant.

- Heil Hitler.
- Heil Hitler. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Heil Hitler. - Heil Hitler.

Come on, do your propaganda stuff.
You can talk, can't you? - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Come on, do your propaganda stuff. You can talk, can't ...

- Is everybody happy?
- Yes sir. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Is everybody happy? - Yes sir.

In this hut, we have some men who were
stupid enough to insult our beloved Fuhrer. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

In this hut, we have some men who were stupid enough to insu...

Well, I'm glad you all learn the truth. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Well, I'm glad you all learn the truth.

And the truth is the American people only pretend to be democratic - 'Pimpernel' Smith

And the truth is the American people only pretend to be...

Well, goodbye Boldenschatz. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Well, goodbye Boldenschatz.

Halt, left turn. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Halt, left turn.

I'm so glad to find you're not busy because I've been doing a little research work - 'Pimpernel' Smith

I'm so glad to find you're not busy because...

The Earl of Oxford was a
very bright Elizabethan light... - 'Pimpernel' Smith

The Earl of Oxford was a very bright Elizabethan light...

I owe you an apology Professor.
Can you spare me a few moments longer? - 'Pimpernel' Smith

I owe you an apology Professor. Can you spare me a few momen...

Oh yes of course I'd forgotten you've gone back to the ax of the Middle Ages - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Oh yes of course I'd forgotten you've gone back to...

Hold on. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Why did you let her go?
- It's not her I want, you fool, it's him. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Why did you let her go? - It's not her I want, you fo...

Don't worry, I promise you I
won't leave Germany without you. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Don't worry, I promise you I won't leave Germany w...

A week, a whole week and what is happened? - 'Pimpernel' Smith

A week, a whole week and what is happened?

Say prof we've dug up half Germany what do we do now - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Say prof we've dug up half Germany what do we do now

I brought some of my boys Delighted Well what a large family - 'Pimpernel' Smith

I brought some of my boys Delighted Well what a large family

A dead man would you like to see him - 'Pimpernel' Smith

A dead man would you like to see him

- Changing guard sir.
- All present and correct. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Changing guard sir. - All present and correct.

What do you taking so much care of? - 'Pimpernel' Smith

What do you taking so much care of?

In case there's no opportunity to do so later - 'Pimpernel' Smith

In case there's no opportunity to do so later

They haven't wasted much time. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

They haven't wasted much time.

Yes. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Locked. Open up, open up. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Locked. Open up, open up.

Well, I'm almost ashamed
to have used that old trick. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Well, I'm almost ashamed to have used that old trick.

Twas brillig and the slithy toves
did gyre and gimble in the wabe. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the...

- Any news?
- Not yet sir. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Any news? - Not yet sir.

- Good morning Professor Smith.
- Good morning. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Good morning Professor Smith. - Good morning.

- Au revoir.
- Au revoir. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

- Au revoir. - Au revoir.

This must be a big moment for you A minor satisfaction - 'Pimpernel' Smith

This must be a big moment for you A minor satisfaction

Stop, come back. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Stop, come back.

Herr Reich Minister be careful, he's only to
step past the barrier, across the frontier. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Herr Reich Minister be careful, he's only to step past ...

Alright, get out. - 'Pimpernel' Smith

Alright, get out.

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Professor Horatio Smith, while seeming very unassuming, rescues victims of Nazi persecution during World War II.

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Director: Leslie Howard

Writer: Anatole de Grunwald, A.G. Macdonell, Wolfgang Wilhelm

Production: British National Films

Genre: adventure, drama, thriller

Year: 1941

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 28 Jul 1941

Awards: 1 win

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