The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)

Director
George Seaton

Main cast
William Holden; Lilli Palmer; Hugh Griffith; Carl Raddatz; Ernst Schröder

Genres
War, Thriller, Drama

Description
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.


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