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The Great Impostor

The Great Impostor1960

★7.0112 minComedyDrama

Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite successfully.

Director

Robert Mulligan

Writer

Score

Stars

Tony Curtis Karl Malden Edmond O'Brien

Cast49

Tony Curtis
as Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. / Martin Donner / Dr. Gilbert / Ben. W. Stone / Dr. Joseph Mornay / Robert Boyd Hammnd
Karl Malden
as Father Devlin
Edmond O'Brien
as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga
Arthur O'Connell
as Warden J.B. Chandler
Gary Merrill
as Pa Demara
Joan Blackman
as Lt. Catherine Lacey
Raymond Massey
as Abbott Donner
Robert Middleton
as R.C. Brown
Jeanette Nolan
as Ma Demara
Sue Ane Langdon
as Eulalie Chandler
Larry Gates
as Cardinal
Mike Kellin
as Clifford Thompson
Frank Gorshin
as Barney
Cindi Wood
as WAC Lieutenant
Dick Sargent
as Hotchkiss
Robert Crawford Jr.
as Fred Demara Jr. (as Robert Crawford)
Doodles Weaver
as Farmer Hauling Fertilizer
Ward Ramsey
as Lieutenant Commander Howard - HMCS Cayuga
David White
as Dr. Hammond
Philip Ahn
as Capt. Hun Kim
Herbert Rudley
as Senior Officer
Jerry Paris
as Defense Lieutenant
Harry Carey Jr.
as Dr. Joseph Mornay
Willard Sage
as Lt. Thornton
Russ Conway
as Sgt. Wilkerson (uncredited)
J
James Dobson
as Sailor (uncredited)
Richard Gaines
as State Official (uncredited)
Bob Herron
as Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
as Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Maxwell
as Tirdell (uncredited)
M
Michael Ford
as Soldier (uncredited)
D
Dan Sheridan
as RCN Chief (uncredited)
Charles Cane
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Gage Clarke
as Mr. Warren (uncredited)
John Cliff
as Marine Major (uncredited)
R
Robert Dornan
as Reporter (uncredited)
J
James Drake
as Seaman (uncredited)
Bob Hastings
as State Department Official (uncredited)
Dale Ishimoto
as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
R
Robert Kino
as Korean Officer (uncredited)
Ted Knight
as Reporter (uncredited)
O
Oliver McGowan
as RCN Commander (uncredited)
Don Ross
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Paul Sorensen
as Guard (uncredited)
T
Tom Steele
as Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Warren Vanders
as Minor Role (uncredited)
J
Joe Gray
as Federal Prison Inmate (uncredited)
H
Harry Harvey Jr.
as Seaman (uncredited)
Bing Russell
as Morgan (uncredited)

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