
The Impostor
1984-11-08 · 100 min · ★ 4.7
After being released from prison, small-time con artist Cade tracks down his old girlfriend. When she rebuffs him, he fakes his past in order to get hired as the principal of the school where she teaches, in the hopes of winning her back. Cade soon begins to take a sincere interest in the welfare of his students, and enlists the help of his friend Matthew to break a drug-dealing network that has infested the school.
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- Directors
- Michael Pressman
- Production companies
- Comworld Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Anthony GearyCade
Lorna PattersonJulie
Jordan CharneyBarela
Penny Johnson JeraldMichelle
Ken OlandtSnyder
Billy Dee WilliamsMatthew Raines
Peter SyvertsenDolan
Dennis FarinaDetective
Alan RuckOfficer Bob Jenkins
John Kapelos
John Mahoney
Meagen Fay
Mike Hagerty
Will Zahrn
Jack McLaughlin-GrayJack McLaughlin-Grey
Todd CerverisTony
Gerry BeckerLarry
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