# The Magnificent Fraud > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Magnificent_Fraud > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Magnificent_Fraud.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magnificent_Fraud > Source revision: 1339470259 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1939 film by Robert Florey This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "The Magnificent Fraud" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 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](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Robert Florey](/source/Robert_Florey) and starring [Akim Tamiroff](/source/Akim_Tamiroff), [Lloyd Nolan](/source/Lloyd_Nolan), [Mary Boland](/source/Mary_Boland) and [Patricia Morison](/source/Patricia_Morison). ## Plot [Akim Tamiroff](/source/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](/source/Richard_Dreyfuss) film *[Moon over Parador](/source/Moon_over_Parador)*; both are based on a short story by [Charles G. Booth](/source/Charles_G._Booth) called "Caviar for His Excellency". Parts of the film were shot in [Balboa Park in San Diego](/source/Balboa_Park_(San_Diego)). ## Cast - [Akim Tamiroff](/source/Akim_Tamiroff) as Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado - [Lloyd Nolan](/source/Lloyd_Nolan) as Sam Barr - [Mary Boland](/source/Mary_Boland) as Mme. Geraldine Genet - [Patricia Morison](/source/Patricia_Morison) as Claire Hill - [Ralph Forbes](/source/Ralph_Forbes) as Harrison Todd - [Steffi Duna](/source/Steffi_Duna) as Carmelita - [Ernest Cossart](/source/Ernest_Cossart) as Duval - [George Zucco](/source/George_Zucco) as Dr. Luis Virgo - [Robert Warwick](/source/Robert_Warwick) as General Pablo Hernandez - [Frank Reicher](/source/Frank_Reicher) as Mendietta Garcia - [Robert Middlemass](/source/Robert_Middlemass) as Morales - [Abner Biberman](/source/Abner_Biberman) as Ruiz - [Donald Gallaher](/source/Donald_Gallaher) as Dr. Diaz ## Production [George Raft](/source/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 - *[Moon over Parador](/source/Moon_over_Parador)* - [*Dave* (film)](/source/Dave_(film)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Vagg, Stephen (February 9, 2020). ["Why Stars Stop Being Stars: George Raft"](https://www.filmink.com.au/stars-stop-stars-george-raft/). *Filmink*. ## External links - [*The Magnificent Fraud*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031604/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e 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) This 1930s drama film-related article is a stub. 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