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The Great Impersonation is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Edmund Lowe, Valerie Hobson and Wera Engels. It was adapted from the novel The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was made by Universal Pictures with some aesthetic similarities to the Universal Horror films of the 1930s. Two other film versions of the story were made with the same title in 1921 and 1942 respectively.
Original Release
12/09/1935
US Release
12/09/1935
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Edmund Lowe | Baron Leopold von Ragostein / Sir Everard Dominey |
| 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 |
Directors
Writers
Harry Clork, Eve Greene, Doris Malloy, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Tristram Tupper, Frank Wead, Herbert O. Yardley
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Edmund Lowe | Baron Leopold von Ragostein / Sir Everard Dominey |
| 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 |
| Lowden Adams | Waiter |
| Frank Benson | English Farmer |
| Robert Bolder | Villager |
| Willy Castello | Duval |
| Edward Cooper | Butler |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Fred S. Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Edmund Grainger | Producer |
