Comedy

Crime

Romance

Mister 880

20th Century Fox

United States of America

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Burt Lancaster

Dorothy McGuire

Edmund Gwenn

Millard Mitchell

Minor Watson

Howard St. John

Hugh Sanders

James Millican

George Adrian

Rico Alaniz

Polly Bailey

Jean Bane

Gilbert Barnett

Edward Biby

Robert Boon

Paul Bradley

Howland Chamberlain

Perdita Chandler

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Jack Daly

Ray De Ravenne

Victor Desny

Arthur Dulac

Norman Field

Robert Foulk

Curt Furberg

Jon Gardner

George Gastine

Dick Gordon

Fred Graham

Herschel Graham

Billy Gray

Sherry Hall

Helene Hatch

Whitey Haupt

Timmy Hawkins

John Hiestand

Harry Hines

Kathleen Hughes

Larry Keating

Kenner G. Kemp

Jeanne Lafayette

Mike Lally

Eddie Lee

George Lee

Rudy Lee

Mickey Little

Louise Lorimer

Wilbur Mack

George Magrill

Edwin Max

George McDonald

Bill McKenzie

Joe McTurk

Russell Meeker

Thomas Menzies

Patrick Miller

Billy Nelson

Erik Nielsen

Barry Norton

Lyle R. Wheeler

Roger Heman Sr.

Arthur von Kirbach

Lionel Newman

Thomas Little

Fred Sersen

George W. Davis

Edward B. Powell

Charles LeMaire

Paul S. Fox

Sol Kaplan

Travilla

Joseph LaShelle

Robert Riskin

Ben Nye

Robert Fritch

Edmund Goulding

Julian Blaustein

Elaine Ramsey

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We start with the usual rousing speech about just how the brave Secret Service is at the vanguard when it comes to thwarting American counterfeiters. One person has been successfully eluding them for years, though, and in a last ditch effort they draft in "Steve" (Burt Lancaster). Now we are fully aware of just whom the forger is, and are actively encouraged to engage with this gentle and kindly fellow (Edmund Gwenn) as his very lack of science - and shocking spelling - make him virtually impossible to trace. Almost immediately this intrepid agent gets onto the trail via a dodgy dollar note that introduces him to "Ann" (Dorothy Maguire) who just happens to live downstairs from our crook. From now on in, there's a confusing inevitability to the story. Confusing because the story can't decide whether it's a romance between Lancaster and Maguire or a gentle crime drama centred around the old man. It's in that muddle that the film rather loses it's way as it manoeuvres itself into an all too cheesy and sentimental cul-de-sac. Gwenn's "Skipper" is a charming old chap whom it would be nigh-on impossible not to like, and his portrayal is simple and effective. The rest of this is really just a soapy accompaniment to that effort and with coincidence taking just a little too prominent a role in the story it's maybe a bit weak. Still, it has a charm to it and it does raise the question of what to to do when faced with what is really a truly victimless crime.

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Burt Lancaster

Dorothy McGuire

Edmund Gwenn

Millard Mitchell

Minor Watson

Howard St. John

Hugh Sanders

James Millican

George Adrian

Rico Alaniz

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