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The Great Impersonation (1942)

The Great Impersonation poster
Directed by
John Rawlins
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man finds himself caught in a dangerous case of mistaken identity during World War Two. He must impersonate someone else while navigating spies and secrets.

suspensefultensemoodystraightforwardclassicwartimeintriguingdramatic

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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