Strange Impersonation

1946

1h 8m

Mystery & Thriller

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60%

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5 Reviews

56%

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250+ Ratings

A female chemist becomes involved in a murder and assumes a false identity so that she may start a new life.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Though the plot is incredibly unique, the conclusion falls apart due to an abundance of circumstantial evidence.

Rated: 4/10

Aug 15, 2020

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Anthony Mann and surrealism

Apr 2, 2010

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

A closer look shows some of Mann's pet themes already being explored.

Jan 3, 2008

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Aug 8, 2005

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Leaves a bad impression.

Rated: C

Apr 22, 2005

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Georgan G

This film was complex and interesting. The acting was good & the screenplay wonderful. Best part was the ending.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/26/23

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Audience Member

I really enjoyed this classic film....

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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One of Anthony Mann's earlier efforts, and not one of his better known film noirs, this is, if nothing else, a movie that has a good enough sense of humor to bask in its own strangeness. It has a wonderful lead actress in Brenda Marshall, a beautiful screen presence and one who doesn't mind getting a little weird. The plot involves a twisted love triangle in which a jealous lab assistant gets in the way of a brilliant chemist, Nora Goodrich (Marshall), and her fiance by sabotaging an experiment. When the experiment goes wrong after Nora uses herself as a test subject, she becomes horribly disfigured. Then she becomes unwillingly involved in a murder, whose victim is mistaken for Nora, she flees to Los Angeles to undergo plastic surgery. With a whole new face, she goes back to try to discover the truth behind her horrible fate. Yeah, it's a weird story, and it works in spite of itself most of the time. Mann's lively direction is apparent even in this early, crude feature; he lights and frames his subjects wonderfully and spends equal time on their beauty and their ugliness. It is clear that this is an A-list director who just hasn't gotten the chance to break away from B-movies yet. Most viewers will roll their eyes at the ending of the picture, which looks now contrived and overdone, but I find that it works for the movie in a hokey kind of way.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Bizarre and masterfully done schlock.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Ludicrous story with questionable ideas about gender roles and a lame cop-out ending... but deliciously fun nonetheless. You've gotta love a movie with a tagline like "Hell hath no fury as a woman scalded by acid"! A really twisted revenge thriller/soap opera that plays out a bit like an extended "Twilight Zone" episode. Anthony Mann's noir chops are undeniable, and although this one isn't exactly noir, it pushes all the right buttons. I had my doubts going into it, but it turned out to be a really good time. Just ignore the last two minutes (although they do make the plot's implausibilities more palatable).

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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SpÃ¤nnande och rÃ¤tt mÃ¤rklig historia om hÃ¤mnd och svartsjuka. En kvinnlig forskare byter identitet med en utpressare fÃ¶r att hÃ¤mnas pÃ¥ en rival som van stÃ¤llt hennes ansikte vid ett experiment fÃ¶r att komma emellan forskaren och hennes blivande man. Tappar vÃ¤ldigt mycket pÃ¥ ett dÃ¥ligt slut.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Anthony Mann

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Brenda Marshall

Nora Goodrich

William Gargan

Dr. Stephen Lindstrom

Hillary Brooke

Arline Cole

George Chandler

Jeremiah W. Rinse

Ruth Ford

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Synopsis

A female chemist becomes involved in a murder and assumes a false identity so that she may start a new life.

Director: Anthony Mann
Screenwriter: Mindret Lord
Production Co: W. Lee Wilder Productions
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 8, 2019
Runtime: 1h 8m