The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
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68% of users liked it
(922 ratings)
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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Seaton
- Written By
- George Seaton
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 17, 1962 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Not good enough to be great, too grim to be enjoyable as a spy yarn.
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Cast
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William Holden
as Eric Erickson
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Lilli Palmer
as Marianne Mollendorf
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Hugh Griffith
as Collins
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Erica Beer
as Klara Holtz
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Ernst Schroeder
as Baron von Oldenbourg
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Eva Dahlbeck
as Ingrid Erickson
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Ulf Palme
as Max Gumpel
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Werner Peters
as Bruno Ulrich
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Carl Raddatz
as Otto Holtz
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Charles Regnier
as Wilhelm Kortner
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Martin Berliner
as Porter
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Phil Brown
as Harold Murray
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Peter Capell
as Unger
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Ejner Federspiel
as Prof. Christiansen
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Klaus Kinski
as Kindler
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Reinhard Kolldehoff
as Col. Erdmann
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Günter Meisner
as Priest
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Wolfgang Preiss
as Col. Nordoff
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Bendt Rothe
as Mogens
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Stefan Schnabel
as Jaeger
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Erik Schumann
as Nazi-Gunboat Officer
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Ingrid van Bergen
as Hulda Windler
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John Wittig
as Sven
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Max Buchsbaum
as Fischer
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Holger Hagen
as Carl Bradley
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Albert Rueprecht
as Capt. Barlach
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Poul Reichhardt
as Fishing-Boat Skipper
- Ernst Schroder
