The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
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
Apr 17, 1962 Wide
Jul 13, 2004
Cast
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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 -
Günter 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 -
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Not good enough to be great, too grim to be enjoyable as a spy yarn.
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