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UNITED KINGDOM · 1950
The Elusive Pimpernel
Synopsis
Foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, who secretly leads a double life as the daring rescuer of French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution, fights to save his brother-in-law while his wife is manipulated by the villainous Chauvelin into helping capture him, unaware of her husband's true identity.
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double identity · French Revolution · aristocratic rescue · espionage and deception · marital conflict
