The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)

Directed by

George Seaton

Genre

drama film, war film, spy film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 18m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Swedish-American oil executive is blackmailed into becoming a spy for the Allies during World War II. He gathers intelligence on Nazi oil supplies while pretending to collaborate with them.

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What happens

The Counterfeit Traitor is a 1962 American spy thriller film written and directed by George Seaton and starring William Holden, Lilli Palmer, and Hugh Griffith. Holden plays Swedish-American oil executive Eric Erickson, who is forced to spy on the Nazis in World War II. It was based on a nonfiction book of the same name by Alexander Klein. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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