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Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people...
Cast
Orson Welles
Himself
Elmyr de Hory
Himself
Clifford Irving
Himself
Oja Kodar
The Girl
Laurence Harvey
Himself
Joseph Cotten
Himself
Edith Irving
Herself
David Walsh
Himself
Paul Stewart
Himself
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