The Magnificent Fraud

1939 film by Robert Florey

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The Magnificent Fraud

Directed by| Robert Florey
Screenplay by| Gilbert Gabriel
Walter Ferris
Based on| "Caviar for His Excellency" (short story)
by Charles G. Booth
Produced by| Harlan Thompson
Starring| Akim Tamiroff
Lloyd Nolan
Mary Boland
Patricia Morison
Cinematography| William C. Mellor
Edited by| James Smith

Production
company

Paramount Pictures

Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* July 21, 1939 (1939-07-21) (United States)

Running time

| 78 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

The Magnificent Fraud is a 1939 American crime film directed by Robert Florey and starring Akim Tamiroff, Lloyd Nolan, Mary Boland and Patricia Morison.

## Plot

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Akim Tamiroff plays an actor performing in a nameless Latin American country who is pressed into service when the president is fatally injured by a bomb. Impersonating the president, the actor balances the pleasures and temptations of office, dangerous palace intrigue, and his duty to the people of the country.

The plot is identical to the 1988 Richard Dreyfuss film Moon over Parador; both are based on a short story by Charles G. Booth called "Caviar for His Excellency".

Parts of the film were shot in Balboa Park in San Diego.

## Cast

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* Akim Tamiroff as Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado
* Lloyd Nolan as Sam Barr
* Mary Boland as Mme. Geraldine Genet
* Patricia Morison as Claire Hill
* Ralph Forbes as Harrison Todd
* Steffi Duna as Carmelita
* Ernest Cossart as Duval
* George Zucco as Dr. Luis Virgo
* Robert Warwick as General Pablo Hernandez
* Frank Reicher as Mendietta Garcia
* Robert Middlemass as Morales
* Abner Biberman as Ruiz
* Donald Gallaher as Dr. Diaz

## Production

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George Raft had meant to play the lead but he refused the part so Lloyd Nolan replaced him. This had also happened on St Louis Blues. The disagreement led to Raft and Paramount parting ways.[1]

## See also

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* Moon over Parador
* Dave (film)

## References

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1. ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 9, 2020). "Why Stars Stop Being Stars: George Raft". Filmink.

## External links

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* The Magnificent Fraud at IMDb

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Films directed by Robert Florey

* One Hour of Love (1927)
* The Romantic Age (1927)
* Face Value (1927)
* The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (1928)
* The Hole in the Wall (1929)
* The Cocoanuts (1929)
* The Battle of Paris (1929)
* Skyscraper Symphony (1929)
* The Road Is Fine (1930)
* My Wife's Teacher (1930)
* Love Songs (1930)
* Black and White (1931)
* Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
* The Man Called Back (1932)
* Those We Love (1932)
* Girl Missing (1933)
* Ex-Lady (1933)
* The House on 56th Street (1933)
* Bedside (1934)
* Registered Nurse (1934)
* Smarty (1934)
* I Sell Anything (1934)
* I Am a Thief (1934)
* The Woman in Red (1935)
* The Florentine Dagger (1935)
* Going Highbrow (1935)
* Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
* Ship Cafe (1935)
* The Payoff (1935)
* The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
* Till We Meet Again (1936)
* Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
* Outcast (1937)
* King of Gamblers (1937)
* Mountain Music (1937)
* This Way Please (1937)
* Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
* Dangerous to Know (1938)
* King of Alcatraz (1938)
* Disbarred (1939)
* Hotel Imperial (1939)
* The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
* Death of a Champion (1939)
* Parole Fixer (1940)
* Women Without Names (1940)
* The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
* Meet Boston Blackie (1941)
* Two in a Taxi (1941)
* Dangerously They Live (1941)
* Lady Gangster (1942)
* The Desert Song (1943)
* Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)
* Man from Frisco (1944)
* God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
* Danger Signal (1945)
* The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
* Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
* Rogues' Regiment (1948)
* Outpost in Morocco (1949)
* The Crooked Way (1949)
* The Vicious Years (1950)
* Johnny One-Eye (1950)
* Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)

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