Strange Impersonation

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.

Cast

Brenda Marshall

as Nora Goodrich

William Gargan

as Dr. Stephen Lindstrom

Hillary Brooke

as Arline Cole

George Chandler

as J W Rinse, plaintiffs' atty.

Ruth Ford

as Jane Karaski #1

H.B. Warner

as Dr. Mansfield, plastic surgeon

Lyle Talbot

as Insp. Malloy, chief interrogator

Mary Treen

as Talkative nurse

Cay Forester

as Miss Roper, interrogation witness

Dick Scott

as Detective

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