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The Great Impersonation

  • 1942
  • Approved
  • 1h 10m
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6.1/10
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Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers, and Karen Verne in The Great Impersonation (1942)
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An unconscious man is found in a boat which drifts to the landing of an isolated African outpost where Baron von Ragenstein, an enemy agent, recognizes the man as his exact double, Sir Edwar... Read allAn unconscious man is found in a boat which drifts to the landing of an isolated African outpost where Baron von Ragenstein, an enemy agent, recognizes the man as his exact double, Sir Edward Dominey, with whom von Ragenstein went to school. He plots to kill Dominey and pose as t... Read allAn unconscious man is found in a boat which drifts to the landing of an isolated African outpost where Baron von Ragenstein, an enemy agent, recognizes the man as his exact double, Sir Edward Dominey, with whom von Ragenstein went to school. He plots to kill Dominey and pose as the dead man.He learns about Dominey's broken marriage to Muriel and his relation to Sir Ro... Read all

  • Director
    • John Rawlins
  • Writers
    • Scott Darling
    • E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Stars
    • Ralph Bellamy
    • Evelyn Ankers
    • Aubrey Mather
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    59
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    • Director
      • John Rawlins
    • Writers
      • Scott Darling
      • E. Phillips Oppenheim
    • Stars
      • Ralph Bellamy
      • Evelyn Ankers
      • Aubrey Mather
    • 1User review
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    Ralph Bellamy
    Ralph Bellamy
    • Sir Edward Dominey…
    Evelyn Ankers
    Evelyn Ankers
    • Lady Muriel Dominey
    Aubrey Mather
    Aubrey Mather
    • Sir Ronald Clayfair
    Edward Norris
    Edward Norris
    • Capt. Francois Bardinet
    Karen Verne
    Karen Verne
    • Baroness Stephanie Idenbraum
    • (as Kaaren Verne)
    Henry Daniell
    Henry Daniell
    • Frederick Seamon
    Ludwig Stössel
    Ludwig Stössel
    • Dr. Schmidt
    • (as Ludwig Stossel)
    Mary Forbes
    Mary Forbes
    • Lady Leslie Clayfair
    Rex Evans
    Rex Evans
    • Sir Tristram
    Charles Coleman
    Charles Coleman
    • Mangan
    Rudolph Anders
    Rudolph Anders
    • Karl Hofmann
    • (as Robert O. Davis)
    Charles Irwin
    Charles Irwin
    • Yardly
    Frederik Vogeding
    Frederik Vogeding
    • Col. Stengel
    • (as Fred Vogeding)
    Victor Zimmerman
    • Curt--Nazi Soldier
    Sylvia Arslan
    • French Child
    • (uncredited)
    Marcelle Corday
    Marcelle Corday
    • French Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Yvette Duguay
    Yvette Duguay
    • French Child
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Flynn
    • Nazi Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • John Rawlins
    • Writers
      • Scott Darling
      • E. Phillips Oppenheim
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    7happytrigger-64-390517

    Complex doppelganger spy story during WWII

    Two doubles who have grown together, one English and one German, meet again in Africa just before WWII. The German takes the place of the dead English and is sent to London to spy for Germany. Ralph Bellamy is excellent in this complex double character with lot of twists. Very entertaining, a fine B movie directed by John Rawlins, rather serial director.

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    • Trivia
      Until 2022 this film is the of Frederik Vogeding.
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      Referenced in Hail, Caesar! (2016)

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1942 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • French
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Velika obmana
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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