''The Counterfeit Killer'' is a 1968 American

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...

directed by

Józef Lejtes Józef Lejtes (1901–1983) was a Polish screenwriter and film director. He later worked in Israel and the United States. Selected filmography Poland: * '' Huragan'' (1928) * '' Z dnia na dzień'' (1929) * '' Dzikie pola'' (1932) * '' Pod Twoją ...

and written by Steven Bochco and Harold Clements. The film stars Jack Lord, Shirley Knight, Jack Weston, Charles Drake,

Joseph Wiseman Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was a Canadian-American theatre, film, and television actor who starred as the villain Julius No in the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' in 1962. Wiseman was also known for his role as Manny We ...

and Don Hanmer. The film was released in May 1968, by

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...

Plot

Is there a link between the murder of five foreign sailors from the East whose bodies have been found on the San Pedro waterfront and the issue of one million counterfeit dollars in the USA? Don Owens, an undercover agent, assisted by Angie, a beautiful but embittered widow who has fallen for him, does his best to untangle the knot.

Cast

* Jack Lord as Don Owens * Shirley Knight as Angie Peterson * Jack Weston as Randolph Riker * Charles Drake as Dolan *

as Rajeski * Don Hanmer as O'Hara *

Robert Pine Robert Pine (born Granville Whitelaw Pine, July 10, 1941) is an American actor who is best known as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the television series ''CHiPs'' (1977–1983). Including ''CHiPs'', Pine has appeared in over 400 episodes of television. ...

as Ed *

George Tyne Martin Yarus (February 6, 1917 – March 7, 2008), better known by the stage name George Tyne, was an American stage and film actor and television director. He was blacklisted in the 1950s, and was indicted for contempt of Congress but subsequen ...

as George *Cal Bartlett as Reggie *Hans Heyde as Keyser * L. Q. Jones as Hotel Clerk *David Renard as Ambulance Attendant *

Nicholas Colasanto Nicholas Colasanto (January 19, 1924 – February 12, 1985) was an American actor and television director who is best known for his role as "Coach" Ernie Pantusso in the American television sitcom ''Cheers''. He served in the United States Nav ...

as Plainclothesman *

Mercedes McCambridge Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress." She won an Academy Award for Best Support ...

as Frances

References

External links

* * 1968 films American crime drama films 1968 crime drama films Universal Pictures films Counterfeit money in film 1960s English-language films 1960s American films {{1960s-drama-film-stub