The Impostor (1926 film)

The Impostor
Directed by	Chester Withey
Written by	Ewart Adamson Clifford Howard
Produced by	Joseph P. Kennedy
Starring	Evelyn Brent Carroll Nye James Morrison
Cinematography	Roy H. Klaffki
Production company	Gothic Productions
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	September 12, 1926
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Impostor is a 1926 American silent crime film directed by Chester Withey and starring Evelyn Brent, Carroll Nye and James Morrison.

Synopsis

A financially struggling young man uses a family jewel as security on a loan, only for the jewel to then be stolen by a notorious gambler. His sister Judith takes it upon herself to recover the missing jewel and goes undercover to achieve this.

Cast

• Evelyn Brent as Judith Gilbert
• Carroll Nye as Dick Gilbert
• James Morrison as Gordon
• Frank Leigh as De Mornoff
• James Quinn as Lefty
• Carlton Griffin as Morris
• Edna Griffin as Ann Penn

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• The Impostor at IMDb