The Magnificent Fraud

• Director: Robert Florey
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Themes: Twins and Lookalikes
• Main Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Lloyd Nolan, Mary Boland, Patricia Morison, Ralph Forbes
• Release Year: 1939
• Country: US
• Run Time: 78 minutes

Plot

In this lively programmer a con man hires a character actor to masqueraded as the recently assassinated dictator of a tiny Latin American country so he can bilk an arriving American ambassador out of his fortune. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Akim Tamiroff - Jules LaCroix
• Lloyd Nolan - Sam Barr
• Mary Boland - Mme. Geraldine Genet
• Patricia Morison - Claire Hill
• Ralph Forbes - Harrison Todd

Steffi Duna - Carmelita; Ernest Cossart - Duval; George Zucco - Dr. Virgo; Robert Warwick - Gen. Hernandez; Frank Reicher - Garcia; Robert Middlemass - Morales; Abner Biberman - Ruiz; Donald Gallagher - Dr. Diaz; Edward McWade - Little Old Man; Nestor Paiva - Latin Businessman; Barbara Pepper - June; Akim Tamiroff - President Alvarado; Julius Tannen - American Businessman; Erno Verebes; Virginia Dabney - 2nd Blonde

Credit

LeRoy J. Prinz - Choreography, Robert Florey - Director, James Smith - Editor, William C. Mellor - Cinematographer, Harlan Thompson - Producer, Walter Ferris - Screenwriter, Gilbert Gabriel - Screenwriter, Charles G. Booth - Play Author, Charles G. Booth - Short Story Author

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