The Great Impersonation

Dec 18, 1942

1h 10m

★ 5.8

DARING AS TWO MEN and twice as dangerous BECAUSE HE WAS...

Overview

An Englishman kills a German look-alike and poses as a Nazi spy in London.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

War

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein

Ralph Bellamy

Lady Muriel Dominey

Evelyn Ankers

Sir Ronald Clayfair

Aubrey Mather

Capt. Francois Bardinet

Edward Norris

Baroness Stephanie Idenbraum

Kaaren Verne

Frederick Seamon

Henry Daniell

Dr. Schmidt

Ludwig Stössel

Lady Leslie Clayfair

Mary Forbes

Sir Tristram

Rex Evans

Mangan

Charles Coleman

Karl Hofmann

Rudolph Anders

Yardly

Charles Irwin

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6.9

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Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.

7.1

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6.1

Journey into Fear

Jan 7, 1943

An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.

6.4

Less Than Zero

Nov 6, 1987

A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.

5.5

The Hour Before the Dawn

May 10, 1944

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6.5

The House on 92nd Street

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The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.

3.7

The Dawn Express

Mar 27, 1942

A Nazi spy ring is after a chemical formula that increases the power of ordinary gasoline for U.S. Army aviation use. Two U.S. chemical companies are developing the formula, with each working on half for security purposes. The spies get half the formula and know that either of two chemists, Robert Norton or Tom Fielding, knows the rest. They capture Fielding, through a ruse by gang member Linda Pavlo, and threaten the life of his sister Nancy and his mother if he does not give them the formula. To protect his friend Fielding, who does know the formula and is engaged to Nancy, Tom pretends to know the secret and boards the Dawn Express plane with the spy leader and his gang.

6.7

All Through the Night

Jan 10, 1942

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

4.6

Waterfront

Jun 10, 1944

A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone robs him of his code book, and he must get it back.

6.9

Five Graves to Cairo

May 26, 1943

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6.8

Cottage to Let

Sep 6, 1941

Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.

5.6

Bon Voyage

Jan 1, 1944

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6.6

Nazi Agent

Mar 1, 1942

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5.5

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5.1

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6.8

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5.2

Secret Enemies

Sep 17, 1942

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6.2

Rough Shoot

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An American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful English countryside, only to discover the area is a hotbed of spies and secret agents.