"THE MASK IS OFF! The World's Most Infamous Dictator!"
A Chicago con man pays an actor to pose as a slain South American dictator.
Social & External
The people behind it
Akim Tamiroff
Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado
Lloyd Nolan
Sam Barr
Mary Boland
Mme. Geraldine Genet
Patricia Morison
Claire Hill
Ralph Forbes
Harrison Todd
Steffi Duna
Carmelita
Ernest Cossart
Duval
George Zucco
Dr. Luis Virgo
Robert Warwick
General Pablo Hernandez
Frank Reicher
Mendietta Garcia
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