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Glenn Ford movie not listed

Perhaps I'm crazy. I've spent a ton of online time trying to locate info on a Glenn Ford movie I remember and can find NO reference to it. Help!!!

Here is what I recall or believe I recall. It was a 2 or 3 part made for TV mini-series. I'm 80% certain it aired in the mid to late 1970's.

I'm 95% certain the title was "The Book." Glenn Ford was the main star.

Here is the plot. The world's best forger is captured, tried and convicted. This man is SO good that he can forge currency that virtually no one can tell the difference. If enough would be printed...it could bring down a nation's economy.

For this reason he in sentenced to life (or a VERY long time) and must live out his years on a small island. He is the only prisoner on this island...which is virtually escape proof and there are several guards assigned...to guard the island.

His free time is basically all of his "awake" time. He begins to make paper or papyrus from the trees. He makes inks from the various plants. He knows how to age the paper and inks to make it appear ancient. He begins to write a "sequel" to the Bible!

When finished, he somehow gets it off of the island. I can't remember how. It somehow comes into the hands of an American book publishing company. They take every precaution to check its authenticity. They have the paper and inks tested for age and the content and form analyzed by biblical scholars. Everything checks out...and they publish "The Book."

It becomes the world's best seller! Everyone wants The Book...THE sequel to the bible. The company makes millions. The Book is everything to the publishing company.

Then...somehow, someone discovers that the original was an ingenious forgery. I can't remember who or how. The companies upper echelon finds out. They realize that if they go public with the new information...the company is finished.

Glenn Ford, who is in the upper echelon, has a conscience and wants to go public with the info. The other ones at the top of the company stand to lose millions and put a hit out on Ford's character. They want him dead before he can go public.

SPOILER ALERT: I recall that Glenn Ford's character wins out in the end.

Can anyone help me? I can find NO reference to this movie. I know I didn't make it up, dream it or watch it on a UFO.

Re: Glenn Ford movie not listed

Maybe you read a book with that story, and in your mind pictured Glenn Ford as the character. It doesn't seem to exist as a film or TV show.

I guess it's like looking at clouds. You see one thing and I see another. Peace.
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