One word that may describe con artist Alan Conway better than any other is brazen. Like many confidence men, Conway's greatest asset became invoking the name of someone much more powerful than he. Conway performed cons short and long by pretending to be one of the most venerated artists of the 20th Century — director Stanley Kubrick. How Conway, a travel agent from provincial England, managed to dupe and swindle countless unsuspecting victims by posing as a world-famous filmmaker from New York City is what makes his story so intriguing.
Stanley Kubrick Was Impersonated by a Conman for Years
