The Great Impersonation
The Great Impersonation

The Great Impersonation

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1935
1h 8m
7.5(2 votes)
Drama
Romance

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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Cast & Crew

33 members
Acting

Edmund Lowe

Sir Everard Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragostein

Edmund Lowe
Acting

Valerie Hobson

Eleanor Dominey

Valerie Hobson
Acting

Wera Engels

Princess Stephanie Elderstrom

Wera Engels
Acting

Murray Kinnell

Seaman

Murray Kinnell
Acting

Henry Mollison

Eddie Pelham

Henry Mollison
Acting

Esther Dale

Mrs. Unthank

Esther Dale
Acting

Brandon Hurst

Middleton

Brandon Hurst
Acting

Ivan F. Simpson

Dr. Harrison

Ivan F. Simpson
Acting

Spring Byington

Duchess Caroline

Spring Byington
Acting

Lumsden Hare

Duke Henry

Lumsden Hare
Acting

Charles Waldron

Sir Ivan Brunn

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Leonard Mudie

Mangan

Leonard Mudie
Acting

Claude King

Sir Gerald Hume

Claude King
Acting

Frank Reicher

Dr. Trenk

Frank Reicher
Acting

Harry Allen

Perkins

Harry Allen
Acting

Nan Grey

Middleton's Daughter (uncredited)

Nan Grey
Acting

Willy Castello

Duval (uncredited)

Willy Castello
Acting

Priscilla Lawson

Maid (uncredited)

Priscilla Lawson
Acting

Virginia Hammond

Lady Hume (uncredited)

Virginia Hammond
Acting

Thomas R. Mills

Bartender (uncredited)

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Tom Ricketts

Villager (uncredited)

Tom Ricketts
Acting

Frank Terry

Villager (uncredited)

Frank Terry
Acting

Robert Bolder

Villager (uncredited)

Robert Bolder
Acting

Lowden Adams

Waiter (uncredited)

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Dwight Frye

Roger Unthank (uncredited)

Dwight Frye
Acting

David Dunbar

English Farmer (uncredited)

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Acting

Frank Benson

English Farmer (uncredited)

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Leonid Snegoff

Wolff (uncredited)

Leonid Snegoff
Acting

Harry Worth

Hugo (uncredited)

Harry Worth
Acting

Adolph Milar

German (uncredited)

Adolph Milar
Acting

Larry Steers

Army Officer (uncredited)

Larry Steers
Acting

Douglas Wood

Lord Allison (uncredited)

Douglas Wood
Acting

Pat O'Hara

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara

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