| The Great Impostor | |
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| Directed by | Robert Mulligan |
| Screenplay by | Liam O'Brien |
| Based on | The Great Imposter 1959 book by Robert Crichton |
| Produced by | Robert Arthur |
| Starring | Tony Curtis Frank Gorshin Gary Merrill Edmond O'Brien Arthur O'Connell Karl Malden Raymond Massey |
| Cinematography | Robert Burks |
| Edited by | Frederic Knudtson |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
Production company | Universal International Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3 million[1] |
The Great Impostor is a 1961 American comedy-drama film based on the story of an impostor named Ferdinand Waldo Demara. Loosely based on Robert Crichton's 1959 biography of the same name, it stars Tony Curtis in the title role and was directed by Robert Mulligan. The film only generally follows Demara's real-life exploits, and is much lighter in tone than the book on which it is based.
- ^ "1961 Rentals and Potential". Variety. 10 Jan 1961. p. 58.