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1941 Certificate TBC
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It is mid-1939 and both Germany and England are preparing for an inevitable conflict. Professor Horatio Smith, an effete academic, asks his students to come with him to the continent to engage in an archaeological dig. When his students discover that the professor is the man responsible for smuggling a number of enemies of the .. Read more

Starring Leslie Howard, Mary Morris
Director Leslie Howard
Genres Drama

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    • 2 stars out of 4  

      The Scarlet Pimpernel unassumingly and quite effectively brought up to date, with memorable scenes after a slow start.

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      Poignant and exciting

      I really liked this film and was shocked that it came out as early in the war as it did- it seems so knowing and wise and its description of evil is profound. ... read more »

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