the one who denounced them. Promising to help, Percy leaves for London. Afterward, Marguerite notices a detail on a portrait of the 1st baronet – a ring decorated with a pimpernel. Realising that she has betrayed her own husband, she rushes out of the room, only to be presented a letter from Chauvelin announcing that he has discovered the Pimpernel's true identity as well. Racing back to London, she warns Ffoulkes that Percy's life is in danger. Ffoulkes mobilises the band to warn Percy. To lure Percy into his trap, Chauvelin has both Armand and the Count de Tournay transferred to Boulogne-sur-Mer. Despite the vigilance of Chauvelin's men, the Pimpernel frees the two men through bribery. However, one of the prison guards tells Chauvelin that the Pimpernel will be at a certain tavern that evening. Marguerite rushes there to warn Percy, only to be arrested by Chauvelin. Percy arrives at the appointed time and is met by a gloating Chauvelin. Percy distracts him long enough for Armand and the count to board the ship, but when Chauvelin informs him that he has Marguerite in custody, Percy surrenders on the condition that she be freed. He is taken away to be shot by a firing squad. Chauvelin exults at the sound of gunfire, but Percy returns to the tavern very much alive; the soldiers are in fact his men. After securing Chauvelin, Percy and his wife sail away to England. Cast Leslie Howard as Sir Percy Blakeney Merle Oberon as Lady Blakeney Raymond Massey as Chauvelin Nigel Bruce as The Prince of Wales Bramwell Fletcher as The Priest Anthony Bushell as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes Joan Gardner as Suzanne de Tournay Walter Rilla as Armand St. Just Mabel Terry-Lewis as Countess de Tournay O. B. Clarence as Count de Tournay Ernest Milton as Robespierre Edmund Breon as Colonel Winterbottom Melville Cooper as Romney Gibb McLaughlin as The Barber Morland Graham as Treadle (credited as Moreland Graham) John Turnbull as Jellyband Gertrude Musgrove as Jellyband's daughter "Sally" Allan Jeayes as Lord Grenville A. Bromley Davenport as French Innkeeper (Brogard) (as Bromley Davenport) William Freshman as Lord Hastings Hindle Edgar as Lord Wilmot Derrick de Marney as Member of the League (uncredited) Robert Rietti as Boy (uncredited) Philip Strange as Member of the League (uncredited) Production Alexander Korda, a Hungarian who had been born in a town not far from Baroness Orczy's farm, had