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Strange Impersonation(1946)
Status: Released
Date: 1946-03-16
60%
19 Votes
Time: 1h 8m
Hell hath no fury as a woman scalded by acid.
Overview:
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
W. Lee Wilder Productions
Movie: Strange Impersonation
Top 10 Billed Cast
Brenda Marshall
Nora Goodrich
William Gargan
Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
Hillary Brooke
Arline Cole
George Chandler
J W Rinse, plaintiffs' atty.
Ruth Ford
Jane Karaski #1
H.B. Warner
Dr. Mansfield, plastic surgeon
Lyle Talbot
Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator
Mary Treen
Talkative nurse
Cay Forester
Miss Roper, interrogation witness
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Overview
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.
Release Date
1946-03-16
Average
5.974
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
Hell hath no fury as a woman scalded by acid.
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