German-Speaking Emigrés A Biographical Database |
PIMPERNEL SMITH |
Title of the Film | PIMPERNEL SMITH |
Alternative Titles | MISTER V; THE FIGHTING PIMPERNEL |
English Titles | |
Year of Release | 1941 |
Country of Origin | UK |
Language(s) | English |
Run Time (in minutes) | 118 |
Length (in meters) | 3238 |
Colour | b/w |
Genre | Adventure |
Based on/Source | Story by Wolfgang Wilhelm, A.G. MacDonell; novel by Baroness Emmuska |
Production Companies | British National Films |
Producer(s) | Leslie Howard |
Director | Leslie Howard |
Cast | Leslie Howard, Francis Sullivan, Mary Morris, Hugh McDermott |
Literature | Picture Post, 8 February 1941 Kinematograph Weekly, 26 June 1941 Motion Picture Herald, 5 July 1941 Observer, 6 July 1941 (C. A. Lejeune) Jewish Chronicle, 11 July 1941 Punch, 23 July 1941 Picturegoer and Film Weekly, 26 July 1941 Monthly Film Bulletin, July 1941 Picturegoer, 4 October 1941 New York Times, 13 February 1942 http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/476656/index.html |
Special notes | Director of photography and technical supervisor: Mutz Greenbaum "Direction is smooth and pictorially satisfying. Special praise is due to cameraman Mutz Greenbaum." (Lionel Collier, Picturegoer and Film Weekly) |