The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)

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Release Date: Apr 17, 1962 Wide

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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

Unrated, 2 hr. 20 min.

Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: George Seaton

Written By: George Seaton

In Theaters: Apr 17, 1962 Wide

On DVD: Jul 13, 2004

Cast

William Holden
Eric Erickson
Lilli Palmer
Marianne Mollendorf
Hugh Griffith
Collins
Erica Beer
Klara Holtz
Ernst Schroeder
Baron von Oldenbourg
Eva Dahlbeck
Ingrid Erickson
Ulf Palme
Max Gumpel
Werner Peters
Bruno Ulrich
Carl Raddatz
Otto Holtz
Charles Regnier
Wilhelm Kortner
Martin Berliner
Porter
Phil Brown
Harold Murray
Peter Capell
Unger
Ejner Federspiel
Prof. Christiansen
Klaus Kinski
Kindler
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Col. Erdmann
G�nter Meisner
Priest
Wolfgang Preiss
Col. Nordoff
Bendt Rothe
Mogens
Stefan Schnabel
Jaeger
Erik Schumann
Nazi-Gunboat Officer
Ingrid van Bergen
Hulda Windler
John Wittig
Sven
Max Buchsbaum
Fischer
Holger Hagen
Carl Bradley
Albert Rueprecht
Capt. Barlach
Poul Reichhardt
Fishing-Boat Skipper
Ernst Schroder

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

September 13, 2004 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Good spy thriller, Lilli Palmer is excellent.

March 30, 2008

jay nixon

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An American living in Sweden gets called by the Brits to be an agent but by acting like a Nazi sympathizer. Well, although he does the deed, he loses friends and family behind it. But he DOES gain German allies who help in his plan. Good action flick.

September 8, 2007