The Great Impersonation (1935)
Overview
The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders if her husband is really his double, a dastardly German spy.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.06 |
Directed By
Alan Crosland
Crew
Alan Crosland
Milton Krasner
Frank Wead
Eve Greene
Fred S. Meyer
Franz Waxman
Roswell A. Hoffmann
Charles Carroll
Camille Collins
TOP CAST
Edmund Lowe
Sir Everard Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragostein
Valerie Hobson
Eleanor Dominey
Wera Engels
Princess Stephanie Elderstrom
Murray Kinnell
Seaman
Henry Mollison
Eddie Pelham
Esther Dale
Mrs. Unthank
Brandon Hurst
Middleton
Ivan F. Simpson
Dr. Harrison
Spring Byington
Duchess Caroline
Lumsden Hare
Duke Henry
Charles Waldron
Sir Ivan Brunn
Leonard Mudie
Mangan
Claude King
Sir Gerald Hume
Frank Reicher
Dr. Trenk
Harry Allen
Perkins
Nan Grey
Middleton's Daughter (uncredited)
Willy Castello
Duval (uncredited)
Priscilla Lawson
Maid (uncredited)
Virginia Hammond
Lady Hume (uncredited)
Thomas R. Mills
Bartender (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Villager (uncredited)
Frank Terry
Villager (uncredited)
Robert Bolder
Villager (uncredited)
Lowden Adams
Waiter (uncredited)
Dwight Frye
Roger Unthank (uncredited)
David Dunbar
English Farmer (uncredited)
Frank Benson
English Farmer (uncredited)
Leonid Snegoff
Wolff (uncredited)
Harry Worth
Hugo (uncredited)
Adolph Milar
German (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Army Officer (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
Lord Allison (uncredited)
Pat O'Hara
Chauffeur (uncredited)
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