F For Fake

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F For Fake (Sep-1974)

Director: Orson Welles

Writer: Orson Welles

Keywords: Documentary, Art Forgery

Orson Welles studies fakes and forgeries, profiling Clifford Irving (author of the fake Howard Hughes diaries) and Elmyr de Hory, an art forger living in Ibiza.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Peter Bogdanovich Film Director 30-Jul-1939 The Last Picture Show

Joseph Cotten Actor 15-May-1905 6-Feb-1994 Jedidiah Leland in Citizen Kane

Paul Stewart Actor 13-Mar-1908 17-Feb-1986 Citizen Kane

Orson Welles Actor 6-May-1915 10-Oct-1985 Citizen Kane

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