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The Great Impersonation is a 1942 American thriller film directed by John Rawlins and starring Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers and Aubrey Mather. It is an adaptation of the 1920 novel The Great Impersonation by Edward Phillips Oppenheim with the setting moved from the early 1910s of the novel to the Second World War. It was made by Universal Pictures and was a remake of their 1935 film of the same name. German intelligence believe they have planted an agent into the British establishment by murdering a British aristocrat Sir Edward Dominey in Africa, and replacing him with his doppelganger. However, over time, they begin to have doubts about just what happened in Africa and if the man claiming to be Dominey is really an imposter.
Original Release
12/18/1942
US Release
12/18/1942
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ralph Bellamy | Baron Leopold von Ragenstein / Sir Edward Dominey |
Evelyn Ankers | Lady Muriel Dominey |
Aubrey Mather | Sir Ronald Clayfair |
Edward Norris | Capt. Francois Bardinet |
Kaaren Verne | Baroness Stephanie Idenbraum |
Henry Daniell | Frederick Seamon |
Ludwig Stössel | Dr. Schmidt |
Mary Forbes | Lady Leslie Clayfair |
Rex Evans | Sir Tristram |
Charles Coleman | Mangan |
Directors
Writers
Scott Darling, E. Phillips Oppenheim
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ralph Bellamy | Baron Leopold von Ragenstein / Sir Edward Dominey |
Evelyn Ankers | Lady Muriel Dominey |
Aubrey Mather | Sir Ronald Clayfair |
Edward Norris | Capt. Francois Bardinet |
Kaaren Verne | Baroness Stephanie Idenbraum |
Henry Daniell | Frederick Seamon |
Ludwig Stössel | Dr. Schmidt |
Mary Forbes | Lady Leslie Clayfair |
Rex Evans | Sir Tristram |
Charles Coleman | Mangan |
Rudolph Anders | Karl Hofmann |
Charles Irwin | Yardly |
Frederik Vogeding | Col. Stengel |
Victor Zimmerman | Curt--Nazi Soldier |
Sylvia Arslan | French Child |
Marcelle Corday | French Woman |
Yvette Duguay | French Child |
Frederick Giermann | Stamin |
Henry Guttman | Hans |
Hans Herbert | Clerk |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joseph Gershenson | Executive Producer |
Paul Malvern | Producer |