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The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
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Synopsis
In this tense espionage drama set in 1942,
William Holden
plays Eric Erickson, an American-born Swede who is put on the Allied blacklist for trading oil with the Nazis. Collins (
Hugh Griffith
), a British intelligence agent, offers to expunge Erickson's name from the blacklist after the war in return for information on the Nazis. Erickson agrees to the plan and proceeds to make it look as if he is pro-Nazi. This subterfuge causes him to be branded a traitor, and his wife, believing Eric to be a Nazi, walks out on him. Nevertheless, Eric continues with his deceit and makes the Germans think that he is planning to construct an oil refinery in Sweden to serve as a fuel supply for Germany. As a result he is allowed entrance to four German oil refinery, and he passes on the information to Collins. But Eric is being put under surveillance by the Nazis. They discover that Eric's lover, Marianne (
Lilli Palmer
) is working for the Allies. Suddenly both Marianne and Eric are arrested and thrown into Moabit Prison -- with dire consequences for both of them. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Cast
Erica Beer
Klara Holtz
Eva Dahlbeck
Ingrid Erickson
Hugh Griffith
Collins
William Holden
Eric Erickson
Ulf Palme
Max Gumpel
Lilli Palmer
Marianne Mollendorf
Werner Peters
Bruno Ulrich
Carl Raddatz
Otto Holtz
Charles Regnier
Wilhelm Kortner
Ernst Schroeder
Baron von Oldenbourg
Production Crew
Alexander Klein
Book Author
Jean Bourgoin
Cinematographer
Alfred Newman
Composer (Music Score)
Edith Head
Costume Designer
George Seaton
Director
Alma Macrorie
Editor
Hans Ebel
Editor
William Perlberg
Producer
George Seaton
Screenwriter
Year: 1962
Runtime: 140
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature
Genre
Spy Film
Produced by
Paramount
Perlberg-Seaton
Release
by Paramount
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.