---
title: 'The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Seaton'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 138
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-counterfeit-traitor-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055871/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)

1962 · 138 min · Drama, War, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Seaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-seaton)
- **Screenplay:** [George Seaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-seaton)
- **Producer:** [George Seaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-seaton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Bourgoin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-bourgoin)
- **Editor:** [Alma Macrorie](https://cinepixo.com/people/alma-macrorie)

## Cast

- [Charles Régnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-regnier) as Wilhelm Kortner
- [Stefan Schnabel](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-schnabel)
- [Lilli Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilli-palmer) as Marianne Möllendorf
- [Ernst Schröder](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-schroder) as Baron Gerhard von Oldenburg
- [Erica Beer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erica-beer)
- [Wolfgang Preiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-preiss)
- [William Holden](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-holden) as Eric Erickson
- [Eva Dahlbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-dahlbeck)
- [Ingrid van Bergen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingrid-van-bergen)
- [Klaus Kinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-kinski)
- [Phil Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-brown)
- [Werner Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-peters)
- [Erik Schumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-schumann)
- [Carl Raddatz](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-raddatz) as Otto Holtz
- [Hugh Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-griffith) as Collins

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