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The Counterfeit Killer: Directed by Joseph Lejtes. With Jack Lord, Shirley Knight, Jack Weston, Charles Drake. 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?
The Counterfeit Killer is a 1968 American crime film directed by Józef Lejtes and written by Steven Bochco and Harold Clements. The film stars Jack Lord, Shirley Knight, Jack Weston, Charles Drake, Joseph Wiseman and Don Hanmer. The film was released in May 1968, by Universal Pictures.
A Man is found dead with his throat slit in a bar, somewhere in California. The police are brought in to investigate and learn that the man is carrying counterfeit currency. In order to find the killer and discover who is passing the bills, they hire a man to go undercover.
A man is found dead in a sleazy dockside bar. It happens that he was an Olympic Swimming Champion. On the other side of town police discover that counterfeit dollars are being passed in the central areas, drugs are pushed without hindrance.
Secret Service Chief Dolan, who suspects that the sailors' deaths and the counterfeit money are linked, sends undercover agent Don Owens to San Pedro to investigate. Carrying a high-powered rifle, Owens checks into a seedy hotel and offers a reward for information about a missing shipmate.
The Counterfeit Killer. A Secret Service agent (Jack Lord) poses as a waterfront hit man to infiltrate a global ring of counterfeiters.
The Counterfeit Killer (1968) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
