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The Great Impersonation is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Rawlins released in USA on 18 december 1942 with Ralph Bellamy
The Great Impersonation (1942)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 december 1942
Length 1h10
Directed by John Rawlins
OriginUSA
Themes Films set in Africa
Rating60%
The Great Impersonation is a 1942 American drama 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.
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Sir Edward Dominey (Ralph Bellamy) and Baron Leopold von Ragenstein are spitting images of each other and know each other since their days at Eton College in England. The story picks up as Dominey is found severely ill in the Dakar jungle and is brought into his old college buddy's camp, where he heals from his injuries.Actors
Ralph Bellamy
(Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein)
Evelyn Ankers
(Lady Muriel Dominey)
Aubrey Mather
(Sir Ronald Clayfair)
Edward Norris
(Capt. Francois Bardinet)
Kaaren Verne
(Baroness Stephanie Idenbraum)
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