---
title: 'The Great Impostor (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Mulligan'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-impostor-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053879/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Impostor (1961)

1961 · 113 min · Comedy, History · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Mulligan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mulligan)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Crichton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-crichton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henry Mancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-mancini)
- **Producer:** [Robert Arthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-arthur)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Burks](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-burks)
- **Editor:** [Frederic Knudtson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederic-knudtson)

## Cast

- [Joan Blackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-blackman)
- [Frank Gorshin](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-gorshin)
- [Harry Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-carey)
- [Philip Ahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-ahn)
- [Tony Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-curtis)
- [Dick Sargent](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-sargent)
- [Bing Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/bing-russell)
- [Herbert Rudley](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-rudley)
- [Sue Ane Langdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/sue-ane-langdon)
- [Edmond O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmond-o-brien)
- [Karl Malden](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-malden)
- [Robert Middleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-middleton)
- [Raymond Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-massey)
- [Larry Gates](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-gates)
- [Jeanette Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanette-nolan)

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