The Imposters (1998)

Directors

Stanley Tucci

Cast

Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, Walker Jones, Alfred Molina, Tony Shalhoub, Steve Buscemi, Allison Janney, Richard Jenkins, Isabella Rossellini, Campbell Scott, Billy Connolly, Hope Davis

The story

In New York City in 1938, Arthur and Maurice scrape together a living on petty swindles, practicing their acting technique whenever they can. Following a drunken confrontation with pretentious and dreadful Shakespearean actor Sir Jeremy Burtom, they are forced to hide as stowaways on an ocean liner. Unfortunately for the duo, Burtom himself turns out to be a passenger on the ship, along with a diverse ensemble of larger-than-life characters: a suicidal crooner named Happy Franks, who sobs through a song; Mr.

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