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The Counterfeit Traitor is a 1962 espionage thriller film starring William Holden, Hugh Griffith, and Lilli Palmer. Holden plays an American-born Swedish citizen who is forced to spy on the Nazis in World War II.
The Counterfeit Traitor: Directed by George Seaton. With William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith, Carl Raddatz. Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
By pretending to be pro-Nazi, he wins the confidence of high German officials, but the pretense causes his wife to leave him, and he is branded a traitor by his friends and countrymen. While on a trip to Berlin he meets Marianne Mollendorf, who later becomes his confederate and mistress.
The Counterfeit Traitor, American spy film, released in 1962, that was based on the real-life exploits of a double agent during World War II. Eric Erickson (played by William Holden) is an American-born oil executive who is a naturalized citizen of Sweden, a neutral country during World War II.
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
Overview. Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
Apr 15, 2022 · THE MOST SUSPENSEFUL ADVENTURE EVER LIVED!The stakes were never higher or more dangerous for Eric Erickson, an American businessman turned Swedish oil trader...
The Counterfeit Traitor. 1962. 2 hr 20 mins. Drama, Suspense. NR. Watchlist. Absorbing factual tale of an oil broker secretly spying on the Nazis. Filmed in Europe. Streaming.
William Holden stars as Swedish oil trader Eric Erickson, who’s being blackmailed by the Allies to spy on the Nazis. While working undercover, Eric falls in love with a German woman, a development that could have grave consequences for them both.
The story, based on Alexander Klein's book, is true. And the use of European locations where the actual events transpired adds to the film's authenticity. From start to finish, The Counterfeit Traitor provides suspense and moral choices that can only come from real life. See More.
