| The Impostor | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Julien Duvivier |
| Written by | Julien Duvivier Stephen Longstreet Marc Connelly Lynn Starling |
| Produced by | Julien Duvivier |
| Starring | Jean Gabin |
| Cinematography | Paul Ivano |
| Edited by | Paul Landres |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Impostor (aka Strange Confession) is a 1944 American drama war film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin.
Plot
Clement (Gabin), a condemned murderer literally minutes away from the guillotine, is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb hit the French jail that holds him. During his escape he steals the uniform and identification papers of a dead French soldier. He then hides from the law by joining the Free French Forces in French Equatorial Africa. Clement's new identity and purpose in life reform him. In the end he sacrifices himself in service of his country.
Cast
- Jean Gabin as Clement / Maurice LeFarge
- Richard Whorf as Lt. Vareene
- Allyn Joslyn as Bouteau
- Ellen Drew as Yvonne
- Peter Van Eyck as Hafner
- Ralph Morgan as Col. De Bolvin
- Eddie Quillan as Cochery
- John Qualen as Monge
- Dennis Moore as Maurice LaFarge
- Milburn Stone as Clauzel
- John Philliber as Mortemart
- Charles McGraw as Menessier
- Otho Gaines as Matowa
- John Forrest as Free French corporal
- Fritz Leiber as Priest
- Ian Wolfe as Sgt. Clerk
- William B. Davidson as Adjutant
- Frank Wilcox as Prosecutor
- Warren Ashe as Officer
- Peter Cookson as Soldier
- Leigh Whipper as Toba
- Ernest Whitman as Ekoua
- Grandon Rhodes as Captain
- George Irving as Prosecutor
References
External links
- The Impostor at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Impostor at IMDb
- The Impostor at the TCM Movie Database
- 1944 films
- 1940s war drama films
- American war drama films
- American black-and-white films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films directed by Julien Duvivier
- Films scored by Dimitri Tiomkin
- World War II films made in wartime
- Films set in the French colonial empire
- Films set in Chad
- Films set in the Republic of the Congo
- North African campaign films
- Films about capital punishment
- Films about identity theft
- Universal Pictures films
- 1944 drama films
- English-language war drama films