
Le Grand Escroc(1964)
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.
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Le Grand Escroc
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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.
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1964-08-14
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