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The Great Impersonation (1935)

The Great Impersonation poster
Directed by
Alan Crosland
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity that leads to dangerous consequences. The story involves deception and hidden motives set against a dark and moody backdrop.

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What happens

The Great Impersonation is a 1935 Universal Pictures American drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Edmund Lowe, Valerie Hobson and Wera Engels. It was adapted from the 1920 novel The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film bears some aesthetic similarities to the Universal horror films of the 1930s. Two other film versions of the story were produced with the same title in 1921 and 1942. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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