The Counterfeit Traitor

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The Counterfeit Traitor

1962

2h 20m

Drama

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Oil merchant Eric (William Holden), blacklisted by the Allies for selling to the Nazis, agrees to spy on the Germans to clear his name. He presents a false plan to the Germans, which gains him the trust of senior officials and allows him to inspect existing oil stations. Meanwhile, Eric passes the information to Collins (Hugh Griffith), a British intelligence expert. However, the Nazis learn that Eric's lover, Marianne (Lilli Palmer), is secretly an Allied spy, putting them both in danger.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

10/23/2022

3/4

An engrossing World War II thriller.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

11/10/2005

3/5

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

07/29/2005

2/5

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

09/13/2004

3/5

Not good enough to be great, too grim to be enjoyable as a spy yarn.

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Adalia A

@RT19753796 08/27/2024

Great gripping emotional thriller film

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Steve D

@RT35616104 07/19/2023

Powerful and properly scary.

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03/08/2022

The narrator got in the way of the narrative. The director forgot that a picture paints a thousand words and, instead used a thousand words to try to paint a picture. It's a shame when filmmakers forget their medium.m: when they think they writing a novel instead of showing a story.

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don k

@RT91543574 01/28/2020

Lilli Palmer plays an Allied agent in Nazi Germany and plays it convincingly. William Holden plays William Holden. Credibly. Good plot—believable with a grain of salt. Good screenplay and pacing—suspenseful in all the right spots.

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01/25/2017

Perfectly paced spy thriller with plenty of tension throughout.

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09/08/2015

I have seen all of the usual films that one sees of William Holden. This is a gem in the midst of what was considered to be his down period...a very interesting look at a industrialist turned spy and the impacts that this has on his business and personal life. Worth a look.

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George Seaton

Director

William Holden

Eric Erickson

Lilli Palmer

Frau Marianne Möllendorf

Hugh Griffith

Collins

Ernst Schröder

Baron Gerhard von Oldenburg

Eva Dahlbeck

Ingrid Erickson

The Counterfeit Traitor: Official Clip - Hurt One Jew, Save a Thousand

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The Counterfeit Traitor: Official Clip - I Don't Do Business with Jews

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The Counterfeit Traitor: Official Clip - One Atrocity

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The Counterfeit Traitor: Official Clip - Hans

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The Counterfeit Traitor: Official Clip - Let Him Die in Sweden

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The Counterfeit Traitor: Official Clip - Marianne's Motives

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The Counterfeit Traitor: Official Clip - The Confession

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The Counterfeit Traitor: Official Clip - The Incompetents

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The Counterfeit Traitor: Official Clip - Precautionary Measures

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Synopsis

Oil merchant Eric (William Holden), blacklisted by the Allies for selling to the Nazis, agrees to spy on the Germans to clear his name. He presents a false plan to the Germans, which gains him the trust of senior officials and allows him to inspect existing oil stations. Meanwhile, Eric passes the information to Collins (Hugh Griffith), a British intelligence expert. However, the Nazis learn that Eric's lover, Marianne (Lilli Palmer), is secretly an Allied spy, putting them both in danger.

Director: George Seaton
Producer: William Perlberg
Screenwriter: George Seaton
Production Co: Paramount
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 11, 2014
Runtime: 2h 20m

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