Movie: Le Grand Escroc

Top 3 Billed Cast

Jean Seberg
Jean Seberg

Patricia

Charles Denner
Charles Denner

the Con Man

László Szabó
László Szabó

The Police Inspector

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    Patricia Leacock, reporter for an American television, is in Morocco on the trail of a counterfeiter-philanthropist. Based on a real story which Chaplin had already thought to adapt into a film.

  • Release Date

    1964-08-14

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    8.5

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    4.3 starts
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    Français
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