Movie: "The Great Impostor"
| Release Date: | Feb 1961 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Drama |
| Awards | 2 nominations |
| Runtime: | 113 min. |
| Cast: | Tony Curtis (Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. / Martin...), Edmond O'Brien (Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga) Arthur O'Connell (Warden J.B. Chandler) Gary Merrill (Pa Demara) Joan Blackman (Lt. Catherine Lacey - WRCN Nursing...) Raymond Massey (Abbott Donner) Robert Middleton (R.C. Brown - Federal prison guard) Jeanette Nolan (Ma Demara) Sue Ane Langdon (Eulalie - Chandler's daughter) Larry Gates (Cardinal) Mike Kellin (Clifford Thompson (prisoner in...) Frank Gorshin (Barney - Federal prison inmate) Cindi Wood (WAC Lieutenant) Dick Sargent (Hotchkiss - Medical Assistant 2nd...) Robert Crawford Jr. (Fred Demara Jr. (as Robert Crawford)) Doodles Weaver (Farmer hauling fertilizer in truck) Ward Ramsey (Lieutenant Commander - HMCS Cayuga) David White (Dr. Hammond) Philip Ahn (Capt. Hun Kin - Korean Army) Herbert Rudley (Senior Officer) Jerry Paris (Defense Lieutenant) Harry Carey Jr. (Dr. Joseph Mornay) Willard Sage () Karl Malden (Father Devlin - St. Augustine School) Robert Dornan (Reporter (uncredited)) Joe Gray (Federal Prison Inmate (uncredited)) Bob Hastings (State Department Official (uncredited)) William Hudson ((uncredited)) David McMahon (Federal Prison Guard (uncredited)) John Slosser (St. Augustine School Classmate...) |
Storyline: Fitionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite successfully. He worked as a prison warden, impersonated a monk and was also a doctor aboard a Royal Canadian Navy warship where he was required to perform an appendectomy. His impersonations are more to allow himself to live different lives as opposed to making any kind of personal gain although he did get in trouble with the law as a result of his exploits.
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