Set in mid-1939, as Germany and England prepare for an inevitable conflict, "Pimpernel Smith" follows Professor Horatio Smith, an outwardly eccentric academic who invites his students on an archaeological expedition to continental Europe. Unbeknownst to them, Smith is actually a daring individual responsible for smuggling enemies of the Nazi regime out of Germany. Once his students uncover his covert mission, they join him in his fight against oppression. Complications arise, however, when a student brings a mysterious woman into their circle—a woman secretly working for the Gestapo. Cast: - Leslie Howard as Professor Horatio Smith - Francis L. Sullivan as General von Graum - Mary Morris as Ludmilla Koslowski - Hugh McDermott as David Maxwell - Raymond Huntley as Marx - Manning Whiley as Bertie Gregson - Peter Gawthorne as Sidimir Koslowski - Allan Jeayes as Dr. Beckendorf - Dennis Arundell as Hoffman - Joan Kemp-Welch as Teacher - Philip Friend as Spencer - Laurence Kitchin as Clarence Elstead - David Tomlinson as Steve - Basil Appleby as Jock MacIntyre - Percy Walsh as Dvorak - Roland Pertwee as Sir George Smith - A. E. Matthews as Earl of Meadowbrook - Aubrey Mallalieu as Dean - Ben Williams as Graubitz Runtime: 120 minutes.