The Great Impostor (1918 film)

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The Great Impostor
Directed by F. Martin Thornton
Written by Reuben Gillmer
Starring Marie Blanche
Bernard Dudley
Edward O'Neill
Production
company
Harma Photoplays
Distributed byHarma Photoplays
Release date
  • May 1918 (1918-05)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Great Impostor is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring Marie Blanche, Bernard Dudley and Edward O'Neill. [1]

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  1. Low p.287

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