The Impostor (1944 film)

The Impostor
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Julien Duvivier
Produced by	Julien Duvivier
Written by	Julien Duvivier Stephen Longstreet Marc Connelly Lynn Starling
Starring	Jean Gabin
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography	Paul Ivano
Edited by	Paul Landres
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	January 27, 1944 (1944-01-27) (Washington, D.C.) February 10, 1944 (1944-02-10) (United States)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Impostor (a.k.a. Bayonet Charge and Strange Confession) is a 1944 American drama war film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Jean Gabin.^[1]

Plot

Clement (Gabin), a condemned murderer literally minutes away from the guillotine, is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb 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 Resistance movement. 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
Richard Whorf as Lieutenant Vareene
Allyn Joslyn as Bouteau
Ellen Drew as Yvonne
Peter Van Eyck as Hafner
Ralph Morgan as Colonel 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 Sergeant 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
Cyril Delevanti as Bartender
John Harmon as Soldier
Anthony Warde as Soldier

References

↑ The Impostor at the American Film Institute Catalog.

External links

The Impostor at the American Film Institute Catalog
The Impostor on IMDb
The Impostor at AllMovie
The Impostor at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Julien Duvivier

Filmography

Haceldama ou Le prix du sang (1919)
The Reincarnation of Serge Renaudie (1920)
The Hurricane on the Mountain (1922)
The Agony of the Eagles (1922)
Les roquevillard (1922)
The Reflection of Claude Mercœur (1923)
L'oeuvre immortelle (1924)
Coeurs farouches (1924)
A Machine for Recreating Life (1924)
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes (1924)
The Abbot Constantine (1925)
The Red Head (1925)
Le mystère de la tour Eiffel (1927)
The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927)
L'homme à l'Hispano (1927)
L'agonie de Jérusalem (1927)
The Maelstrom of Paris (1928)
Mother Hummingbird (1929)
The Divine Voyage (1929)
La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin (1930)
Au bonheur des dames (1930)
David Golder (1931)
The Five Accursed Gentlemen (1932)
La Vénus du collège (1932)
Here's Berlin (1932)
The Red Head (1932)
A Machine for Recreating Life (1933)
A Man's Neck (1933)
The Little King (1933)
S.S. Tenacity (1934)
Maria Chapdelaine (1935)
Golgotha (1935)
La Bandera (1935)
The Golem (1936)
They Were Five (1936)
The Man of the Hour (1937)
Pépé le Moko (1937)
Life Dances On (1937)
The Great Waltz (1938)
The End of the Day (1939)
The Phantom Carriage (1939)
Lydia (1941)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
The Heart of a Nation (1943)
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
The Impostor (1944)
Panique (1946)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Au royaume des cieux (1949)
Black Jack (1950)
Under the Paris Sky (1951)
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Holiday for Henrietta (1952)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
L'affaire Maurizius (1954)
Marianne of My Youth (1955)
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
Pot-Bouille (1957)
The Female (1959)
Marie-Octobre (1959)
The High Life (1960)
Boulevard (1960)
The Burning Court (1962)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Chair de poule (1963)
Diabolically Yours (1967)

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