Cast
- David Niven as Sir Percy Blakeney/ The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Margaret Leighton as Marguerite Blakeney
- Jack Hawkins as Prince of Wales/Footpad attacking Lord Anthony
- Cyril Cusack as Chauvelin
- Robert Coote as Sir Andrew ffoulkes
- Arlette Marchal as Contesses de Tournai
- Gérard Nery as Philippe de Tournai
- Danielle Godet as Suzanne de Tournai
- Edmond Audran as Armand St. Juste
- Charles Victor as Colonel Winterbotham
- Eugene Deckers as Captain Merieres
- David Oxley as Captain Duroc
- Raymond Rollett as Bibot
- Philip Stainton as Jellyband
- John Longden as The Abbot
- Robert Griffiths as Trubshaw
- Cast notes
- Patrick Macnee, who played the "Hon. John Bristow", later became well known for playing "John Steed" in The Avengers. The Elusive Pimpernel was his sixth film appearance.
- Richard England, who played the part of the captain of the schooner Daydream, was the real-life owner of the boat that was used in the filming, The Nellie Bywater.
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