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The Ultimate Impostor

  • TV Movie
  • 1979
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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The Ultimate Impostor (1979)
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A secret agent is trained by having his brain linked up to a computer. He is then sent on a mission to rescue a Russian sub commander. The Russian is a defector who has important secrets but... Read allA secret agent is trained by having his brain linked up to a computer. He is then sent on a mission to rescue a Russian sub commander. The Russian is a defector who has important secrets but has been captured by an agent of an enemy nation.A secret agent is trained by having his brain linked up to a computer. He is then sent on a mission to rescue a Russian sub commander. The Russian is a defector who has important secrets but has been captured by an agent of an enemy nation.

  • Director
    • Paul Stanley
  • Writers
    • W.T. Zacha
    • Lionel E. Siegel
  • Stars
    • Joseph Hacker
    • Keith Andes
    • Macon McCalman
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    46
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Paul Stanley
    • Writers
      • W.T. Zacha
      • Lionel E. Siegel
    • Stars
      • Joseph Hacker
      • Keith Andes
      • Macon McCalman
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    Joseph Hacker
    Joseph Hacker
    • Frank Monihan
    Keith Andes
    Keith Andes
    • Eugene Danziger
    Macon McCalman
    Macon McCalman
    • Dr. Jake McKeever
    Erin Gray
    Erin Gray
    • Beatrice 'Bucky' Tate
    Tracy Brooks Swope
    Tracy Brooks Swope
    • Danielle Parets
    Rosalind Chao
    Rosalind Chao
    • Lai-Ping
    John Van Dreelen
    John Van Dreelen
    • Ruben Parets
    Bobby Riggs
    Bobby Riggs
    • Bobby Riggs
    Robert Phillips
    Robert Phillips
    • Cottle
    Norman Burton
    Norman Burton
    • Papich
    • (as Normann Burton)
    Harry Johnson
    Harry Johnson
    • Martin
    • (as Chip Johnson)
    W.T. Zacha
    • Weeks
    Thomas Bellin
    Thomas Bellin
    • Joe Maslan
    Joseph Hardin
    • Eddie
    Loren Berman
    • Dominic
    Marc Garcia
    • Felipe
    Mike Kulcsar
    • Vaya Malkov
    Tommy Reamon
    • Johnson
    • Director
      • Paul Stanley
    • Writers
      • W.T. Zacha
      • Lionel E. Siegel
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    7udar55

    Good concept with so-so execution

    American spy Monahan (Joseph Hacker) is captured in China and, after 4 weeks of detainment, is returned to US officials with his memory wiped clean. Boss Eugene Danziger (Keith Andes) sees him as the perfect guinea pig for an experiment by Dr. McKeever (Macon McCalman) where computer information is fed into his brain. Feed him 16MB (!) of info and he can learn anything in 11 minutes. It works, but with a catch in that he can only retain the info for 72 hours. That is good enough for Government work and they send him out on his first mission to save a captured Russian sub captain who wanted to defect. This was a pilot from the team behind THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN that never got to go to a series. It is pretty entertaining and I like the learn anything from a computer and the 72 hour concept. Unfortunately they don't seem to know how to properly exploit it in this feature. For example, the big drama on his first mission is they forgot to program how to drive into his brain. Doh! Hacker also does the strangest English accent that he goes in-and- out of while undercover. The supporting cast is good though and you get Erin Gray as concerned girlfriend Beatrice "Bucky" Tate.

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    • Release date
      • May 12, 1979 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The 72 Hour Dead Line
    • Production company
      • Universal Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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